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1. Mild MDPL in a patient with a novel de novo missense variant in the Cys-B region of POLD1

Author: Maya Chopra, Richard Caswell, Giulia Barcia, Sophie Rondeau, Laurence Jonard, Patrick Nitchké, Daniel Amram, Marc-Lionel Bellaiche, Veronique Abadie, Marine Parodi, Francoise Denoyelle, Andrew Hattersley, Christine Bole, Stanislas Lyonnet, and Sandrine Marlin
Subjects: Iron-Sulfur Proteins, Male, Phenotype, Lipodystrophy, Mutation, Missense, Genetics, Humans, Syndrome, Child, Genetics (clinical), DNA Polymerase III
Abstract: DNA polymerase δ is one of the three main enzymes responsible for DNA replication. POLD1 heterozygous missense variants in the exonuclease domain result in a cancer predisposition phenotype. In contrast, heterozygous variants in POLD1 polymerase domain have more recently been shown to be the underlying basis of the distinct autosomal dominant multisystem lipodystrophy disorder, MDPL (mandibular hypoplasia, deafness, progeroid features, and lipodystrophy syndrome OMIM # 615381), most commonly a recurrent in-frame deletion of serine at position 604, accounting for 18 of the 21 reported cases of this condition. One patient with an unusually severe phenotype has been reported, caused by a de novo c. 3209 T A, (p.(Ile1070Asn)) variant in the highly conserved CysB motif in the C-terminal of the POLD1 protein. This region has recently been shown to bind an iron-sulphur cluster of the 4Fe-4S type. This report concerns a novel de novo missense variant in the CysB region, c.3219 G C, (p.(Ser1073Arg)) in a male child with a milder phenotype. Using in silico analysis in the context of the recently published structure of human Polymerase δ holoenzyme, we compared these and other variants which lie in close proximity but result in differing degrees of severity and varying features. We hypothesise that the c.3219 G C, (p.(Ser1073Arg)) substitution likely causes reduced binding of the iron-sulphur cluster without significant disruption of protein structure, while the previously reported c.3209 T A (p.(Ile1070Asn)) variant likely has a more profound impact on structure and folding in the region. Our analysis supports a central role for the CysB region in regulating POLD1 activity in health and disease.
Published: 2022
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2. Identification of Germline Non-coding Deletions in XIAP Gene Causing XIAP Deficiency Reveals a Key Promoter Sequence

Author: Zineb Sbihi, Kay Tanita, Camille Bachelet, Christine Bole, Fabienne Jabot-Hanin, Frederic Tores, Marc Le Loch, Radi Khodr, Akihiro Hoshino, Christelle Lenoir, Matias Oleastro, Mariana Villa, Lucia Spossito, Emma Prieto, Silvia Danielian, Erika Brunet, Capucine Picard, Takashi Taga, Shimaa Said Mohamed Ali Abdrabou, Takeshi Isoda, Masafumi Yamada, Alejandro Palma, Hirokazu Kanegane, Sylvain Latour, LATOUR, Sylvain, Lymphocyte activation and susceptibility to EBV (Equpie Inserm U1163), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Tokyo Medical and Dental University [Japan] (TMDU), Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Hospital Nacional de Pediatría J.P. Garrahan, Genome dynamics in the immune system (Equipe Inserm U1163), Shiga University of Medical Science, and Hokkaido University [Sapporo, Japan]
Subjects: Non-coding exon, Male, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Immunology, Promoter, Inherited immunodeficiency, Genetic Diseases, X-Linked, X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein, Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Deletion, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Germ Cells, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis
Abstract: International audience; PurposeX-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) deficiency, also known as the X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome of type 2 (XLP-2), is a rare immunodeficiency characterized by recurrent hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, splenomegaly, and inflammatory bowel disease. Variants in XIAP including missense, non-sense, frameshift, and deletions of coding exons have been reported to cause XIAP deficiency. We studied three young boys with immunodeficiency displaying XLP-2-like clinical features. No genetic variation in the coding exons of XIAP was identified by whole-exome sequencing (WES), although the patients exhibited a complete loss of XIAP expression.MethodsTargeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the entire locus of XIAP was performed on DNA samples from the three patients. Molecular investigations were assessed by gene reporter expression assays in HEK cells and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in primary T cells.ResultsNGS of XIAP identified three distinct non-coding deletions in the patients that were predicted to be driven by repetitive DNA sequences. These deletions share a common region of 839 bp that encompassed the first non-coding exon of XIAP and contained regulatory elements and marks specific of an active promoter. Moreover, we showed that among the 839 bp, the exon was transcriptionally active. Finally, deletion of the exon by CRISPR-Cas9 in primary cells reduced XIAP protein expression.ConclusionsThese results identify a key promoter sequence contained in the first non-coding exon of XIAP. Importantly, this study highlights that sequencing of the non-coding exons that are not currently captured by WES should be considered in the genetic diagnosis when no variation is found in coding exons.
Published: 2022
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3. Prenatal‐onset of congenital neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis with a novel <scp> CTSD </scp> mutation

Author: Sophie Rondeau, Cécile Masson, Suzanne Chartier, Lucile Boutaud, Catherine Caillaud, Philippe Roth, Clarisse Billon, Férechté Encha-Razavi, Louise Galmiche, Edouard Le Guillou, Yves Ville, Caroline Alby, Christine Bole-Feysot, Anne-Elodie Millischer, Stanislas Lyonnet, Pascale Sonigo, Isabelle Desguerre, Nathalie Boddaert, Charlotte Mechler, and Tania Attié-Bitach
Subjects: Embryology, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Microcephaly, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cathepsin D, Prenatal diagnosis, Postnatal microcephaly, Toxicology, Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses, Pregnancy, medicine, Humans, Exome sequencing, business.industry, Neurodegeneration, Infant, Newborn, Brain, medicine.disease, Congenital neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, Mutation, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, business, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Background Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) form a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders that share common neuropathological features. Although they are the first cause of neurodegenerative disorders in children, their congenital forms are rarely documented. They are classically due to mutations in the CTSD gene (the CLN10 disease). Affected newborns usually present severe microcephaly, seizures and respiratory failure leading to death within the first postnatal days or weeks. Cases We report on two siblings, in which exome sequencing identified a novel homozygous CTSD variant. The first sib presented at birth with seizures, rapidly progressive postnatal microcephaly and visual deficiency related to retinal dysfunction. Progressive neurological deterioration leads to death at the age of 24 months. Cathepsin D activity was reduced in the cultured fibroblasts of this patient. The second sib, a fetus of 36 weeks of gestation, was delivered after pregnancy termination for brain abnormalities (in accordance with French Legislation) suggesting a recurrence of the disease. Fetal postmortem examination disclosed neuropathological features consistent with NCL. Conclusions Congenital NCL related to CTSD mutations is a neuronal storage disorder that produces in the developing brain diffuse neurodegeneration and white matter atrophy resulting in a progressive and rapidly lethal microcephaly.
Published: 2021
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4. Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome associated with genetic defects in the regulatory subunit of myosin phosphatase

Author: Jean-Yves Picard, Gilles Morin, Mojgan Devouassoux-Shisheboran, Jasper Van der Smagt, Serge Klosowski, Catherine Pienkowski, Peggy Pierre-Renoult, Cécile Masson, Christine Bole, and Nathalie Josso
Subjects: Male, Anti-Mullerian Hormone, Myosin-Light-Chain Phosphatase, Disorder of Sex Development, 46,XY, Reproductive Medicine, Rehabilitation, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Humans, DNA
Abstract: STUDY QUESTION Can mutations of genes other than AMH or AMHR2, namely PPP1R12A coding myosin phosphatase, lead to persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS)? SUMMARY ANSWER The detection of PPP1R12A truncation mutations in five cases of PMDS suggests that myosin phosphatase is involved in Müllerian regression, independently of the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) signaling cascade. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Mutations of AMH and AMHR2 are detectable in an overwhelming majority of PMDS patients but in 10% of cases, both genes are apparently normal, suggesting that other genes may be involved. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION DNA samples from 39 PMDS patients collected from 1990 to present, in which Sanger sequencing had failed to detect biallelic AMH or AMHR2 mutations, were screened by massive parallel sequencing. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS To rule out the possibility that AMH or AMHR2 mutations could have been missed, all DNA samples of good quality were analyzed by targeted next-generation sequencing. Twenty-four samples in which the absence of AMH or AMHR2 biallelic mutations was confirmed were subjected to whole-exome sequencing with the aim of detecting variants of other genes potentially involved in PMDS. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE Five patients out of 24 (21%) harbored deleterious truncation mutations of PP1R12A, the gene coding for the regulatory subunit of myosin phosphatase, were detected. In addition to PMDS, three of these patients presented with ileal and one with esophageal atresia. The congenital abnormalities associated with PMDS in our patients are consistent with those described in the literature for PPP1R12A variants and have never been described in cases of AMH or AMHR2 mutations. The role of chance is therefore extremely unlikely. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION The main limitation of the study is the lack of experimental validation of the role of PPP1R12A in Müllerian regression. Only circumstantial evidence is available, myosin phosphatase is required for cell mobility, which plays a major role in Müllerian regression. Alternatively, PPP1R12A mutations could affect the AMH transduction pathway. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS The study supports the conclusion that failure of Müllerian regression in males is not necessarily associated with a defect in AMH signaling. Extending the scope of molecular analysis should shed light upon the mechanism of the initial steps of male sex differentiation. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) The study was funded by la Fondation Maladies Rares, GenOmics 2021_0404 and la Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, grant EQU201903007868. The authors report no conflict of interest. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER N/A.
Published: 2022

5. Fetal megacystis‐microcolon: Genetic mutational spectrum and identification of <scp> PDCL3 </scp> as a novel candidate gene

Author: Cécile Masson, Arnaud Molin, Clarisse Billon, Agnès Liard, Lucile Boutaud, Sabine Sigaudy, Sophie Thomas, Eglantine Magnin, Radia Fritih, Valérie Layet, Maryse Bonnière, Yves Ville, Alix Clemenson, Alain Diguet, Philippe Roth, Coralie Dauge, Sophie Patrier, John Rendu, Julia Tantau, Bettina Bessières, Alice Goldenberg, Leila Hakkakian, Céline Poirsier, Tania Attié-Bitach, Ferechté Razavi, Clémence Fleury, Eric Verspyck, Nadia Elkhartoufi, Maude Grelet, Amale Achaiaa, Fabienne Prieur, Christine Bole-Feysot, and Aude Tessier
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Candidate gene, Myosin Light Chains, Colon, Urinary Bladder, Nerve Tissue Proteins, 030105 genetics & heredity, Biology, Compound heterozygosity, 03 medical and health sciences, Exome Sequencing, Fetal megacystis, Genetics, MYH11, Humans, Abnormalities, Multiple, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Gene, Genetics (clinical), Exome sequencing, Myosin Heavy Chains, Homozygote, Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Infant, Newborn, MYLK, Microcolon, Actins, Pedigree, 030104 developmental biology, Aborted Fetus, Mutation, Female, Carrier Proteins
Abstract: Megacystis-microcolon-intestinal-hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIHS) is a severe congenital visceral myopathy characterized by an abdominal distension due to a large non-obstructed urinary bladder, a microcolon and intestinal hypo- or aperistalsis. Most of the patients described to date carry a sporadic heterozygous variant in ACTG2. More recently, recessive forms have been reported and mutations in MYH11, LMOD1, MYLK and MYL9 have been described at the molecular level. In the present report, we describe five patients carrying a recurrent heterozygous variant in ACTG2. Exome sequencing performed in four families allowed us to identify the genetic cause in three. In two families, we identified variants in MMIHS causal genes, respectively a nonsense homozygous variant in MYH11 and a previously described homozygous deletion in MYL9. Finally, we identified compound heterozygous variants in a novel candidate gene, PDCL3, c.[143_144del];[380G>A], p.[(Tyr48Ter)];[(Cys127Tyr)]. After cDNA analysis, a complete absence of PDLC3 expression was observed in affected individuals, indicating that both mutated transcripts were unstable and prone to mediated mRNA decay. PDCL3 encodes a protein involved in the folding of actin, a key step in thin filament formation. Presumably, loss-of-function of this protein affects the contractility of smooth muscle tissues, making PDCL3 an excellent candidate gene for autosomal recessive forms of MMIHS.
Published: 2020
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6. Phenotypic spectrum and transcriptomic profile associated with germline variants in TRAF7

Author: Robert A. Hegele, Maria Iascone, Kevin A. Shapiro, Nicolas Chatron, Marwan Shinawi, Joel Charrow, Jeffrey W. Innis, Luitgard Graul-Neumann, Joanna Goes Castro Meira, Anna Lehman, Dawn L. Earl, Victoria R. Sanders, Shannon Rego, David A. Sweetser, Clémantine Dimartino, Wilhelmina S. Kerstjens-Frederikse, Antonio Vitobello, Davor Lessel, Daniel Grinberg, Laurence Faivre, Ryan Peretz, Katherine M. Christensen, Emma Reesor, Erin Beaver, Elizabeth Wohler, Margot R.F. Reijnders, Deborah Barbouth, Anna Cereda, Kaja Kristine Selmer, Melissa A. Walker, Barbro Stadheim, Alessandro Serretti, Helen Kingston, Jill Clayton-Smith, Raymond Lewandowski, Bernarda Lozić, Robert Stratton, Amelia Kirby, Anne H. O’Donnell-Luria, Sara Gabbiadini, Susanna Balcells, Myriam Oufadem, Christel Thauvin, Maha Aly, Wendy K. Chung, Susan M. White, Lauren C. Briere, Thomas Smol, Stanislas Lyonnet, Roberto Colombo, Catherine E. Keegan, Marie T. McDonald, Melanie Parisot, Tiong Yang Tan, Brian Wong, Christopher T. Gordon, Magnus Dehli Vigeland, Frances A. High, Emily Bryant, Audrey Labalme, Nara Sobreira, Arnold Munnich, Jeanne Amiel, Dayna Morel Swols, Raquel Rabionet, Laura Castilla-Vallmanya, Jennifer Heeley, Gunnar Houge, Michael J. Gambello, Bernardo Blanco-Sánchez, Lynn Pais, Olena M. Vaske, Roser Urreizti, Alison Wray, Veronique Pingault, Damien Sanlaville, John Christodoulou, John Millichap, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Parul Jayakar, Helen Cox, Frédéric Tran Mau-Them, Belinda Chong, Victoria Mok Siu, Anne Slavotinek, Antonie J. van Essen, Ingvild Aukrust, Lorne A. Clarke, Rachel Gannaway, Anne Dieux-Coeslier, Patrick Nitschké, Tony Yao, Simon Sadedin, Danielle Karlowicz, Christelle Rougeot, Christine Bole-Feysot, Sandra Yang, Megan T. Cho, Gaetan Lesca, Christiane Zweier, Castilla-Vallmanya L., Selmer K.K., Dimartino C., Rabionet R., Blanco-Sanchez B., Yang S., Reijnders M.R.F., van Essen A.J., Oufadem M., Vigeland M.D., Stadheim B., Houge G., Cox H., Kingston H., Clayton-Smith J., Innis J.W., Iascone M., Cereda A., Gabbiadini S., Chung W.K., Sanders V., Charrow J., Bryant E., Millichap J., Vitobello A., Thauvin C., Mau-Them F.T., Faivre L., Lesca G., Labalme A., Rougeot C., Chatron N., Sanlaville D., Christensen K.M., Kirby A., Lewandowski R., Gannaway R., Aly M., Lehman A., Clarke L., Graul-Neumann L., Zweier C., Lessel D., Lozic B., Aukrust I., Peretz R., Stratton R., Smol T., Dieux-Coeslier A., Meira J., Wohler E., Sobreira N., Beaver E.M., Heeley J., Briere L.C., High F.A., Sweetser D.A., Walker M.A., Keegan C.E., Jayakar P., Shinawi M., Kerstjens-Frederikse W.S., Earl D.L., Siu V.M., Reesor E., Yao T., Hegele R.A., Vaske O.M., Rego S., Shapiro K.A., Wong B., Gambello M.J., McDonald M., Karlowicz D., Colombo R., Serretti A., Pais L., O'Donnell-Luria A., Wray A., Sadedin S., Chong B., Tan T.Y., Christodoulou J., White S.M., Slavotinek A., Barbouth D., Morel Swols D., Parisot M., Bole-Feysot C., Nitschke P., Pingault V., Munnich A., Cho M.T., Cormier-Daire V., Balcells S., Lyonnet S., Grinberg D., Amiel J., Urreizti R., Gordon C.T., MUMC+: DA KG Polikliniek (9), and RS: FHML non-thematic output
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, NF-KAPPA-B, PROTEIN, 030105 genetics & heredity, medicine.disease_cause, Germline, Transcriptome, ACTIVATION, POLYUBIQUITINATION, Missense mutation, Exome, Genetics (clinical), Genetics, Sanger sequencing, Mutation, leads, Necrosi, craniofacial development, Phenotype, Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and Proteins, intellectual disability, patent ductus arteriosu, symbols, Mutation, Missense, Biology, traf7, Article, akt1, target, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, Necrosis, patent ductus arteriosus, medicine, Humans, blepharophimosi, Tumors, MUTATIONS, Fibroblasts, medicine.disease, Blepharophimosis, TRAF7, blepharophimosis, GENOMIC ANALYSIS, Germ Cells, 030104 developmental biology, MENINGIOMAS
Abstract: PURPOSE: Somatic variants in tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 7 (TRAF7) cause meningioma, while germline variants have recently been identified in seven patients with developmental delay and cardiac, facial, and digital anomalies. We aimed to define the clinical and mutational spectrum associated with TRAF7 germline variants in a large series of patients, and to determine the molecular effects of the variants through transcriptomic analysis of patient fibroblasts.METHODS: We performed exome, targeted capture, and Sanger sequencing of patients with undiagnosed developmental disorders, in multiple independent diagnostic or research centers. Phenotypic and mutational comparisons were facilitated through data exchange platforms. Whole-transcriptome sequencing was performed on RNA from patient- and control-derived fibroblasts.RESULTS: We identified heterozygous missense variants in TRAF7 as the cause of a developmental delay-malformation syndrome in 45 patients. Major features include a recognizable facial gestalt (characterized in particular by blepharophimosis), short neck, pectus carinatum, digital deviations, and patent ductus arteriosus. Almost all variants occur in the WD40 repeats and most are recurrent. Several differentially expressed genes were identified in patient fibroblasts.CONCLUSION: We provide the first large-scale analysis of the clinical and mutational spectrum associated with the TRAF7 developmental syndrome, and we shed light on its molecular etiology through transcriptome studies.
Published: 2020

7. Bi-allelic Variations of SMO in Humans Cause a Broad Spectrum of Developmental Anomalies Due to Abnormal Hedgehog Signaling

Author: Lynn Pais, Anna Pelet, Wilhelmina S. Kerstjens-Frederikse, Christine Bole-Feysot, Yunia Sribudiani, Stanislas Lyonnet, Natasha Shur, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Louise Galmiche, Cécile Masson, Christopher T. Gordon, Chelsea Kois, Céline Huber, John A. Pugh, Simon Sadedin, Thuy-Linh Le, Nicolas Goudin, Tania Attié-Bitach, Susan M. White, Tiong Yang Tan, Geneviève Baujat, Valérie Serre, Xiaomin Dong, Mohammed Zarhrate, Patrick Nitschke, Jeanne Amiel, John Christodoulou, Frans W. Verheijen, Sophie Thomas, R Hofstra, Salima El Chehadeh, Valerie Mayne, Université Paris Cité (UPC), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Embryology and genetics of human malformation (Equipe Inserm U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Molecular and Physiopathological bases of osteochondrodysplasia - Bases moléculaires et physiopathologiques des ostéochondrodysplasies (Equipe Inserm U1163), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Institut Jacques Monod (IJM (UMR_7592)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex (Equipe Inserm U1163), Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), Université de Paris (UP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), and Clinical Genetics
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Models, Molecular, Developmental Disabilities, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE, INTRAFLAGELLAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN, ACTIVATION, 0302 clinical medicine, Neoplasms, Sonic hedgehog, Child, Genetics (clinical), Nuclear Proteins, PRIMARY CILIUM, Smoothened Receptor, Hedgehog signaling pathway, Cell biology, Pedigree, Child, Preschool, Female, Signal Transduction, Patched, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Biology, Zinc Finger Protein Gli2, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA, Zinc Finger Protein Gli3, GLI2, Ciliogenesis, NERVOUS-SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, Genetics, Humans, Hedgehog Proteins, Cilia, Hedgehog, Alleles, Base Sequence, SONIC HEDGEHOG, MUTATIONS, Infant, CILIARY, 030104 developmental biology, biology.protein, Smoothened, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, GLI
Abstract: The evolutionarily conserved hedgehog (Hh) pathway is essential for organogenesis and plays critical roles in postnatal tissue maintenance and renewal. A unique feature of the vertebrate Hh pathway is that signal transduction requires the primary cilium (PC) where major pathway components are dynamically enriched. These factors include smoothened (SMO) and patched, which constitute the core reception system for sonic hedgehog (SHH) as well as GLI transcription factors, the key mediators of the pathway. Here, we report biallelic loss-of-function variations in SMO in seven individuals from five independent families; these variations cause a wide phenotypic spectrum of developmental anomalies affecting the brain (hypothalamic hamartoma and microcephaly), heart (atrioventricular septal defect), skeleton (postaxial polydactyly, narrow chest, and shortening of long bones), and enteric nervous system (aganglionosis). Cells derived from affected individuals showed normal ciliogenesis but severely altered Hh-signal transduction as a result of either altered PC trafficking or abnormal activation of the pathway downstream of SMO. In addition, Hh-independent GLI2 accumulation at the PC tip in cells from the affected individuals suggests a potential function of SMO in regulating basal ciliary trafficking of GLI2 when the pathway is off. Thus, loss of SMO function results in abnormal PC dynamics of key components of the Hh signaling pathway and leads to a large continuum of malformations in humans.
Published: 2020
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8. Lack of the multidrug transporter MRP4/ABCC4 defines the PEL-negative blood group and impairs platelet aggregation

Author: Gaël Nicolas, Thierry Peyrard, Mahmoud Mikdar, Slim Azouzi, Patrick Mayeux, Christine Bole-Feysot, Alexandra Willemetz, Olivier Hermine, Cédric Vrignaud, Marc Cloutier, Emilie-Fleur Gautier, Alexandre Raneri, Virginie Salnot, Maryse St-Louis, Caroline Le Van Kim, Jessica Constanzo-Yanez, Jean-Pierre Cartron, Gabriele Jedlitschky, Nancy Robitaille, Carole Éthier, Patricia Hermand, Patrick Nitschke, Yves Colin, colin, yves, Laboratoire d'Excellence : Biogenèse et pathologies du globule rouge (Labex Gr-Ex), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Biologie Intégrée du Globule Rouge (BIGR (UMR_S_1134 / U1134)), Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine [Paris] (INTS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université des Antilles (UA), Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine [Paris] (INTS), Département Centre National de Référence pour les Groupes Sanguins [Paris], Plateforme protéomique 3P5 [Institut Cochin] (3P5), Institut Cochin (IC UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016)), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de recherche sur l'Inflammation (CRI (UMR_S_1149 / ERL_8252 / U1149)), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Cytokines, hématopoïèse et réponse immune (CHRI), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Medicine Greifswald, Héma-Québec [Québec], Héma-Québec [Montréal], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine [Paris] (INTS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Subjects: Blood Platelets, 0301 basic medicine, Platelet Aggregation, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Immunology, ATP-binding cassette transporter, ABCC4, Biology, Biochemistry, 03 medical and health sciences, Cyclic nucleotide, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Erythroid Cells, Antigen, hemic and lymphatic diseases, medicine, Humans, Gene, integumentary system, Impaired platelet aggregation, Cell Biology, Hematology, medicine.disease, Molecular biology, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Leukemia, Phenotype, 030104 developmental biology, chemistry, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Blood Group Antigens, biology.protein, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins, BLOOD Commentary, Gene Deletion, K562 cells
Abstract: The rare PEL-negative phenotype is one of the last blood groups with an unknown genetic basis. By combining whole-exome sequencing and comparative global proteomic investigations, we found a large deletion in the ABCC4/MRP4 gene encoding an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter in PEL-negative individuals. The loss of PEL expression on ABCC4-CRISPR-Cas9 K562 cells and its overexpression in ABCC4-transfected cells provided evidence that ABCC4 is the gene underlying the PEL blood group antigen. Although ABCC4 is an important cyclic nucleotide exporter, red blood cells from ABCC4null/PEL-negative individuals exhibited a normal guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate level, suggesting a compensatory mechanism by other erythroid ABC transporters. Interestingly, PEL-negative individuals showed an impaired platelet aggregation, confirming a role for ABCC4 in platelet function. Finally, we showed that loss-of-function mutations in the ABCC4 gene, associated with leukemia outcome, altered the expression of the PEL antigen. In addition to ABCC4 genotyping, PEL phenotyping could open a new way toward drug dose adjustment for leukemia treatment.
Published: 2020
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9. Biallelic THOC6 pathogenic variants: Prenatal phenotype and review of the literature

Author: Lyse Ruaud, Nathalie Roux, Lucile Boutaud, Bettina Bessières, Faustine Ageorges, Amale Achaiaa, Christine Bole, Patrick Nitschke, Cécile Masson, Michel Vekemans, Alain Verloes, and Tania Attie‐Bitach
Subjects: Male, Embryology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, RNA-Binding Proteins, Toxicology, Musculoskeletal Abnormalities, Phenotype, Pregnancy, Intellectual Disability, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Exome Sequencing, Microcephaly, Humans, Female, Lymphangioma, Cystic, Developmental Biology
Abstract: The THOC6 protein is a component of the THO complex. It is involved in mRNA transcription, processing and nuclear export. Interestingly molecular biallelic loss-of-function variants of the THOC6 gene were identified in the Beaulieu-Boycott-Innes syndrome (BBIS- OMIM # 613680). This condition was described in 17 patients and is characterized by a moderate to severe intellectual disability, facial dysmorphic features and severe birth defects such as heart, skeletal, ano-genital and renal congenital malformations.In the present study, we report on a new family with two affected sibs. The 6-year-old female had severe intellectual disability with autistic features, feeding difficulties, growth delay, facial dysmorphic, and congenital malformations (hand, skeletal and cardiac anomalies). The male fetus presented antenatally with a cystic hygroma associated with severe aortic and left ventricular hypoplasia. Autopsy, after termination of pregnancy at 15 weeks of gestation, showed facial dysmorphic, short right thumb and hypospadias.Exome sequencing detected in both sibs compound heterozygous variants of the THOC6 gene (NM_024339.3, GRCh37): the already reported c.[298TA;700GT;824GA] haplotype and a novel variant c.977TG, p.(Val326Gly).We made a review of the literature of 17 BBIS reported patients including our two siblings. Severe to moderate ID and congenital malformations were constant. Prenatal and postnatal failure to thrive were frequent. Brain MRI were not specific. Prenatal findings were reported in 40% of cases but we described the first case of cystic hygroma. The present study reports extends the prenatal delineation of the phenotypic features observed in association with the presence of THOC6 variants. In addition, it underscores the intrafamilial phenotypic variability observed in BBIS.
Published: 2022

10. Somatic genetic rescue of a germline ribosome assembly defect

Author: Vasileios Kargas, Mélanie Parisot, Norberto Escudero-Urquijo, Alexis Bertrand, Christine Bellanné-Chantelot, Jean Donadieu, Mohammed Zarhrate, Patrick Nitschke, Cécile Masson, Laëtitia Kermasson, Beatriz Goyenechea, Sophie Kaltenbach, Alan J. Warren, David Traynor, Stefano Fumagalli, Li Jin, Blandine Beaupain, Bruno Reversade, Ahmed Z. Boukerrou, Peter J. Bond, M. Rossmann, Olivier Alibeu, Jean-Alain Martignoles, Christine Bole-Feysot, Jonathan Moreil, Shengjiang Tan, François Delhommeau, Patrick Revy, Kong Boo Phua, Alexandre Faille, Aurore Pouliet, Christine Hilcenko, Frédéric Tores, Isabelle Radford-Weiss, Ai Ling Koh, Isabelle Callebaut, Jean-Pierre de Villartay, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology [Cambridge, UK] (LMB), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM)-Medical Research Council, Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut Necker Enfants-Malades (INEM - UM 111 (UMR 8253 / U1151)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CR Saint-Antoine), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), KK Women's and Children's Hospital [Singapore], Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Bioinformatics Institute [Singapore], Agency for science, technology and research [Singapore] (A*STAR), National University of Singapore (NUS), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie (IMPMC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR206-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Babraham Research Campus [Cambridge, Royaume-Uni], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), ACS - Heart failure & arrhythmias, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Escudero-Urquijo, Norberto [0000-0002-8201-5884], Parisot, Mélanie [0000-0003-4312-2035], Reversade, Bruno [0000-0002-4070-7997], Bond, Peter J. [0000-0003-2900-098X], Bellanné-Chantelot, Christine [0000-0001-8415-6771], Warren, Alan J. [0000-0001-9277-4553], Revy, Patrick [0000-0003-0758-8022], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Service de Génétique Cytogénétique et Embryologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], Hilcenko, Christine [0000-0002-9596-7833], Rossmann, Maxim [0000-0001-8811-3277], Bond, Peter J [0000-0003-2900-098X], Warren, Alan [0000-0001-9277-4553], Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), HAL-SU, Gestionnaire, ANR-18-IDEX-0001,Université de Paris,Université de Paris(2018), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), and Warren, Alan J [0000-0001-9277-4553]
Subjects: Somatic cell, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], General Physics and Astronomy, [SDV.BC.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Subcellular Processes [q-bio.SC], Germline, 631/208/737, 692/699/1541, Ribosome assembly, 13/1, 0302 clinical medicine, hemic and lymphatic diseases, 38/22, Dictyostelium, Eukaryotic Initiation Factors, Child, Cells, Cultured, Biological Phenomena, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, Multidisciplinary, 631/208/514/2254, article, [SDV.MHEP.HEM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hematology, Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic, Ribosome, Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome, 3. Good health, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], 64/24, [SDV.IMM.IA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology/Adaptive immunology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Child, Preschool, Drosophila, Haematological diseases, Protein Binding, Adult, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Adolescent, Science, 45/23, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biology, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 82/80, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Germline mutation, Animals, Humans, Gene, Ribonucleoprotein, U5 Small Nuclear, 030304 developmental biology, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Eukaryotic Large Ribosomal Subunit, Point mutation, Infant, Proteins, [SDV.BBM.BM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Molecular biology, General Chemistry, SBDS, 96/44, Peptide Elongation Factors, Germ Cells, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Protein Biosynthesis, Mutation, Next-generation sequencing, 631/337/574/1789, Ribosomes
Abstract: Indirect somatic genetic rescue (SGR) of a germline mutation is thought to be rare in inherited Mendelian disorders. Here, we establish that acquired mutations in the EIF6 gene are a frequent mechanism of SGR in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS), a leukemia predisposition disorder caused by a germline defect in ribosome assembly. Biallelic mutations in the SBDS or EFL1 genes in SDS impair release of the anti-association factor eIF6 from the 60S ribosomal subunit, a key step in the translational activation of ribosomes. Here, we identify diverse mosaic somatic genetic events (point mutations, interstitial deletion, reciprocal chromosomal translocation) in SDS hematopoietic cells that reduce eIF6 expression or disrupt its interaction with the 60S subunit, thereby conferring a selective advantage over non-modified cells. SDS-related somatic EIF6 missense mutations that reduce eIF6 dosage or eIF6 binding to the 60S subunit suppress the defects in ribosome assembly and protein synthesis across multiple SBDS-deficient species including yeast, Dictyostelium and Drosophila. Our data suggest that SGR is a universal phenomenon that may influence the clinical evolution of diverse Mendelian disorders and support eIF6 suppressor mimics as a therapeutic strategy in SDS., Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a leukemia predisposition disorder that is caused by defective release of eIF6 during ribosome assembly. Here the authors show that acquired somatic EIF6 mutations are frequent in the hematopoietic cells from individuals with SDS and provide a selective advantage over non-modified cells.
Published: 2021
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11. A monocyte/dendritic cell molecular signature of SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children with severe myocarditis

Author: Cécile Masson, Aurélien Corneau, Florence Moulin, Ghaith Abdessalem, Pedro Gonçalves, Marianne Leruez, James P. Di Santo, Mathie Lorrot, Julie Toubiana, Julien Haroche, Camille Bruneau, Isabelle Melki, Bruno Charbit, Zahra Belhadjer, Loïc de Pontual, Camille de Cevins, Brigitte Bader Meunier, Alain Fischer, Victor Garcia-Paredes, Brieuc P. Perot, Marine Luka, Damien Bonnet, Quentin Riller, Nikaïa Smith, Slimane Allali, Sonia Meynier, Aude Magérus, Christele Gras Leguen, Shen-Ying Zhang, Olivier Schwartz, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Frédéric Rieux-Laucat, Nicolas Cagnard, Francesco Carbone, Tinhinane Fali, Mélanie Parisot, Mickaël M. Ménager, Maxime Beretta, Mohammed Zarhrate, Christine Bole-Feysot, Vithura Pirabarakan, Ludivine Grzelak, Mehdi Oualha, Darragh Duffy, Laura Barnabei, Hugo Mouquet, Maxime Batignes, Alexandre Boullé, Boris Sorin, Marie-Claude Stolzenberg, Inflammatory Responses and Transcriptomic Networks in diseases (Equipe Inserm U1163), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Sanofi Aventis R&D [Chilly-Mazarin], Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Immunologie Translationnelle - Translational Immunology lab, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Immunogenetics of pediatric autoimmune diseases (Equipe Inserm U1163), Cytometrie et Biomarqueurs – Cytometry and Biomarkers (UTechS CB), Immunologie humorale - Humoral Immunology, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Virus et Immunité - Virus and immunity (CNRS-UMR3569), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Immunité Innée - Innate Immunity, Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Cytométrie Pitié-Salpêtrière (PASS-CYPS), Unité Mixte de Service Production et Analyse de données en Sciences de la vie et en Santé (PASS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Human genetics of infectious diseases : Mendelian predisposition (Equipe Inserm U1163), Rockefeller University [New York], CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), AP-HP Hôpital universitaire Robert-Debré [Paris], Université Paris Cité (UPCité), CHU Trousseau [APHP], Centre d’Investigation Clinique de Nantes (CIC Nantes), Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Hôpital Jean Verdier [AP-HP], Université Paris 13 (UP13), Collège de France (CdF (institution)), Biodiversité et Epidémiologie des Bactéries pathogènes - Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Bacterial Pathogens, ANR-18-IDEX-0001,Université de Paris,Université de Paris(2018), ANR-17-EURE-0013,GENE,Génétique et Epigénétique Nouvelle Ecole(2017), ANR-18-RHUS-0010,ATRACTION,Autoimmunity/inflammation Through Rnaseq Analysis at the single Cell level for Therapeutic Innovation(2018), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Institut Pasteur [Paris], Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Virus et Immunité - Virus and immunity, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), and Université Paris Cité (UPC)
Subjects: Adult, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Chemokine, Myocarditis, medicine.medical_treatment, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], MIS-C, Monocytes, chemistry.chemical_compound, Viewpoint, scRNA-seq, medicine, otorhinolaryngologic diseases, Humans, Kawasaki Disease, Child, Connective Tissue Diseases, biology, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Monocyte, NF-kappa B, COVID-19, General Medicine, Dendritic Cells, Gene signature, medicine.disease, Pathophysiology, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Vascular endothelial growth factor, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cytokine, chemistry, TNF-α and NF-κB signaling, Immunology, biology.protein, Cytokines, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, lack of responses to type I and type II IFN secretion, Clinical and Translational Article, Chemokines, myocarditis, business, PIMS-TS
Abstract: Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children is generally milder than in adults, but a proportion of cases result in hyperinflammatory conditions often including myocarditis. Methods To better understand these cases, we applied a multiparametric approach to the study of blood cells of 56 children hospitalized with suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Plasma cytokine and chemokine levels and blood cellular composition were measured, alongside gene expression at the bulk and single-cell levels. Findings The most severe forms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) related to SARS-CoV-2 that resulted in myocarditis were characterized by elevated levels of pro-angiogenesis cytokines and several chemokines. Single-cell transcriptomics analyses identified a unique monocyte/dendritic cell gene signature that correlated with the occurrence of severe myocarditis characterized by sustained nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) activity and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) signaling and associated with decreased gene expression of NF-κB inhibitors. We also found a weak response to type I and type II interferons, hyperinflammation, and response to oxidative stress related to increased HIF-1α and Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling. Conclusions These results provide potential for a better understanding of disease pathophysiology. Funding Agence National de la Recherche (Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Imagine, grant ANR-10-IAHU-01; Recherche Hospitalo-Universitaire, grant ANR-18-RHUS-0010; Laboratoire d’Excellence ‘‘Milieu Intérieur,” grant ANR-10-LABX-69-01; ANR-flash Covid19 “AIROCovid” and “CoVarImm”), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and the “URGENCE COVID-19” fundraising campaign of Institut Pasteur., Graphical abstract, Context and significance Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection were initially thought to have only mild COVID-19 symptoms. However, several weeks into the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections, there was a surge of a postacute pathology called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). The authors recruited a cohort of children with suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection and uncovered hyperinflammation, hypoxic conditions, exacerbation of TNF-α signaling via NF-κB, and absence of responses to type I and type II IFN secretion in the most severe forms of MIS-C with severe myocarditis. This work led the authors to identify in monocytes and validate in peripheral blood mononuclear cells a molecular signature of 25 genes that allows discrimination of the most severe forms of MIS-C with myocarditis., Multiparametric analysis identifies, in monocytes and dendritic cells, a molecular signature of the most severe forms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Severe myocarditis is characterized by an excess of TNF-α signaling via NF-κB, hypoxic conditions, and hyperinflammation in the absence of type I and type II interferon responses.
Published: 2021
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12. Mutations in PERP Cause Dominant and Recessive Keratoderma

Author: Vanessa Gildenstern, Keith A. Choate, Young H. Lim, Patrick Nitschké, Alain Hovnanian, Yolanda R. Helfrich, Richard P. Lifton, Christine Bole-Feysot, S. Duchatelet, Raúl de Lucas, Leonard M. Milstone, Lynn M. Boyden, Laura D. Attardi, Fernando Santos-Simarro, Laure Guibbal, Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto, Jing Zhou, Ronghua Hu, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Yale University School of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, University of Michigan System, Stanford School of Medicine [Stanford], Stanford Medicine, and Stanford University-Stanford University
Subjects: Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Heterozygote, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], DNA Mutational Analysis, Dermatology, Biology, Biochemistry, Article, Loss of heterozygosity, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, 0302 clinical medicine, Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Keratin, Cell Adhesion, medicine, Humans, Genes, Tumor Suppressor, Child, Frameshift Mutation, Keratoderma, Molecular Biology, Gene, chemistry.chemical_classification, integumentary system, Homozygote, Membrane Proteins, Desmosomes, Exons, Cell Biology, medicine.disease, Cell biology, Microscopy, Electron, 030104 developmental biology, Palmoplantar keratoderma, chemistry, OLMSTED SYNDROME, Codon, Nonsense, Child, Preschool, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Mendelian inheritance, symbols, Female, Epidermis, Intracellular
Abstract: Investigation of genetic determinants of Mendelian skin disorders has substantially advanced understanding of epidermal biology. Here we show that mutations in PERP, encoding a crucial component of desmosomes, cause both dominant and recessive human keratoderma. Heterozygosity for a C-terminal truncation, which produces a protein that appears to be unstably incorporated into desmosomes, causes Olmsted syndrome with severe periorificial and palmoplantar keratoderma in multiple unrelated kindreds. Homozygosity for an N-terminal truncation ablates expression and causes widespread erythrokeratoderma, with expansion of epidermal differentiation markers. Both exhibit epidermal hyperproliferation, immature desmosomes lacking a dense midline observed via electron microscopy, and impaired intercellular adhesion upon mechanical stress. Localization of other desmosomal components appears normal, which is in contrast to other conditions caused by mutations in genes encoding desmosomal proteins. These discoveries highlight the essential role of PERP in human desmosomes and epidermal homeostasis and further expand the heterogeneous spectrum of inherited keratinization disorders.
Published: 2019
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13. 16p13.11p11.2 triplication syndrome: a new recognizable genomic disorder characterized by optical genome mapping and whole genome sequencing

Author: Romain Nicolle, Karine Siquier-Pernet, Marlène Rio, Anne Guimier, Emmanuelle Ollivier, Patrick Nitschke, Christine Bole-Feysot, Serge Romana, Alex Hastie, Vincent Cantagrel, and Valérie Malan
Subjects: Chromosome Aberrations, Segmental Duplications, Genomic, Whole Genome Sequencing, Genetics, Chromosome Mapping, Humans, Genomics, Syndrome, Genetics (clinical), Article
Abstract: Highly identical segmental duplications (SDs) account for over 5% of the human genome and are enriched in the short arm of the chromosome 16. These SDs are susceptibility factors for recurrent chromosomal rearrangements mediated by non-allelic homologous recombination (NAHR). Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) has been widely used as the first-tier test for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or congenital anomalies and several genomic disorders involving the 16p-arm have been identified with this technique. However, the resolution of CMA and the limitations of short-reads whole genome sequencing (WGS) technology do not allow the full characterization of the most complex chromosomal rearrangements. Herein, we report on two unrelated patients with a de novo 16p13.11p11.2 triplication associated with a 16p11.2 duplication, detected by CMA. These patients share a similar phenotype including hypotonia, severe neurodevelopmental delay with profound speech impairment, hyperkinetic behavior, conductive hearing loss, and distinctive facial features. Short-reads WGS could not map precisely any of the rearrangement’s breakpoints that lie within SDs. We used optical genome mapping (OGM) to determine the relative orientation of the triplicated and duplicated segments as well as the genomic positions of the breakpoints, allowing us to propose a mechanism involving recombination between allelic SDs and a NAHR event. In conclusion, we report a new clinically recognizable genomic disorder. In addition, the mechanism of these complex chromosomal rearrangements involving SDs could be unraveled by OGM.
Published: 2021

14. Netherton syndrome subtypes share IL-17/IL-36 signature with distinct IFN-α and allergic responses

Author: Claire, Barbieux, Mathilde, Bonnet des Claustres, Matthias, Fahrner, Evgeniya, Petrova, Lam C, Tsoi, Olivier, Gouin, Florent, Leturcq, Pascale, Nicaise-Roland, Christine, Bole, Vivien, Béziat, Emmanuelle, Bourrat, Oliver, Schilling, Johann E, Gudjonsson, and Alain, Hovnanian
Subjects: Netherton Syndrome, Interleukin-17, Hypersensitivity, Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory, Humans, Interferon-alpha, Serine Peptidase Inhibitor Kazal-Type 5, Epidermis, Skin Diseases, Skin
Abstract: Netherton syndrome (NS) is a rare recessive skin disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in SPINK5 encoding the protease inhibitor LEKTI (lymphoepithelial Kazal-type-related inhibitor). NS patients experience severe skin barrier defects, display inflammatory skin lesions, and have superficial scaling with atopic manifestations. They present with typical ichthyosis linearis circumflexa (NS-ILC) or scaly erythroderma (NS-SE).We used a combination of several molecular profiling methods to comprehensively characterize the skin, immune cells, and allergic phenotypes of NS-ILC and NS-SE patients.We studied a cohort of 13 patients comprising 9 NS-ILC and 4 NS-SE.Integrated multiomics revealed abnormal epidermal proliferation and differentiation and IL-17/IL-36 signatures in lesion skin and in blood in both NS endotypes. Although the molecular profiles of NS-ILC and NS-SE lesion skin were very similar, nonlesion skin of each disease subtype displayed distinctive molecular features. Nonlesion and lesion NS-SE epidermis showed activation of the type I IFN signaling pathway, while lesion NS-ILC skin differed from nonlesion NS-ILC skin by increased complement activation and neutrophil infiltration. Serum cytokine profiling and immunophenotyping of circulating lymphocytes showed a TThis study confirms IL-17/IL-36 as the predominant signaling axes in both NS endotypes and unveils molecular features distinguishing NS-ILC and NS-SE. These results identify new therapeutic targets and could pave the way for precision medicine of NS.
Published: 2021

15. High Diagnostic Yield of Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing in a Cohort of Patients With Congenital Hypothyroidism Due to Dyshormonogenesis

Author: Athanasia Stoupa, Ghada Al Hage Chehade, Rim Chaabane, Dulanjalee Kariyawasam, Gabor Szinnai, Sylvain Hanein, Christine Bole-Feysot, Cécile Fourrage, Patrick Nitschke, Caroline Thalassinos, Graziella Pinto, Mouna Mnif, Sabine Baron, Marc De Kerdanet, Rachel Reynaud, Pascal Barat, Mongia Hachicha, Neila Belguith, Michel Polak, and Aurore Carré
Subjects: Adult, Male, Thyroid Hormones, dyshormonogenesis, Adolescent, In silico, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Gene mutation, Bioinformatics, Compound heterozygosity, lcsh:Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, DNA sequencing, Young Adult, Endocrinology, targeted next-generation sequencing, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Child, Gene, Original Research, gland in situ, lcsh:RC648-665, Symporters, business.industry, congenital hypothyroidism, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, mutations, medicine.disease, Dual Oxidases, Phenotype, Pedigree, Congenital hypothyroidism, Child, Preschool, Mutation, Cohort, Female, business
Abstract: ObjectiveTo elucidate the molecular cause in a well-characterized cohort of patients with Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH) and Dyshormonogenesis (DH) by using targeted next-generation sequencing (TNGS).Study designWe studied 19 well-characterized patients diagnosed with CH and DH by targeted NGS including genes involved in thyroid hormone production. The pathogenicity of novel mutations was assessed based on in silico prediction tool results, functional studies when possible, variant location in important protein domains, and a review of the recent literature.ResultsTNGS with variant prioritization and detailed assessment identified likely disease-causing mutations in 10 patients (53%). Monogenic defects most often involved TG, followed by DUOXA2, DUOX2, and NIS and were usually homozygous or compound heterozygous. Our review shows the importance of the detailed phenotypic description of patients and accurate analysis of variants to provide a molecular diagnosis.ConclusionsIn a clinically well-characterized cohort, TNGS had a diagnostic yield of 53%, in accordance with previous studies using a similar strategy. TG mutations were the most common genetic defect. TNGS identified gene mutations causing DH, thereby providing a rapid and cost-effective genetic diagnosis in patients with CH due to DH.
Published: 2021
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16. High-Resolution Typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis Based on Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing To Investigate the Hospital Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Clones

Author: Sylvain Brisse, Johanna Roux, Jean-Philippe Barnier, Emmanuelle Bille, Mathieu Coureuil, Daniel Euphrasie, Alain Charbit, Christine Bole-Feysot, Anne Jamet, Julie Meyer, Xavier Nassif, Jean-François Magny, Julien Guglielmini, Bryan Brancotte, Agnès Ferroni, Centre d'infectiologie Necker-Pasteur [CHU Necker], Institut Pasteur [Paris]-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Département de Biologie Computationnelle - Department of Computational Biology, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Necker Enfants-Malades (INEM - UM 111 (UMR 8253 / U1151)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Fongiques (BBF), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Biodiversité et Epidémiologie des Bactéries pathogènes - Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Bacterial Pathogens, Institut Pasteur [Paris], Contrat de Recherche Clinique, French Ministry of Health CRC17040, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Charbit, Alain
Subjects: Microbiology (medical), Epidemiology, Locus (genetics), Genome, 03 medical and health sciences, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Humans, Typing, [SDV.MP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Gene, Pathogen, 030304 developmental biology, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, biology, 030306 microbiology, Staphylococcal Infections, biology.organism_classification, Hospitals, Clone Cells, 3. Good health, Multiple drug resistance, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Multilocus sequence typing, Genome, Bacterial, Multilocus Sequence Typing
Abstract: International audience; ABSTRACT Staphylococcus epidermidis is a pathogen emerging worldwide as a leading cause of health care-associated infections. A standardized high-resolution typing method to document transmission and dissemination of multidrug-resistant S. epidermidis strains is needed. Our aim was to provide a core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) scheme for S. epidermidis to improve the international surveillance of S. epidermidis . We defined a cgMLST scheme based on 699 core genes and used it to investigate the population structure of the species and the genetic relatedness of isolates recovered from infants hospitalized in several wards of a French hospital. Our results show the long-lasting endemic persistence of S. epidermidis clones within and across wards of hospitals and demonstrate the ability of our cgMLST approach to identify and track these clones. We made the scheme publicly available through the Institut Pasteur BIGSdb server ( http://bigsdb.pasteur.fr/epidermidis/ ). This tool should enable international harmonization of the epidemiological surveillance of multidrug-resistant S. epidermidis clones. By comparing gene distribution among infection and commensal isolates, we also confirmed the association of the mecA locus with infection isolates and of the fdh gene with commensal isolates. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration no. NCT03374371.)
Published: 2021
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17. MINPP1 prevents intracellular accumulation of the chelator inositol hexakisphosphate and is mutated in Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia

Author: Nathalie Rabasse, Catherine Fossoud, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Miranda S. C. Wilson, Elsa Lorino, Celine Banal, Meral Topçu, Gaele Pitelet, Eric Bieth, Christine Bole-Feysot, Nami Altin, Vincent Cantagrel, Arnold Munnich, Marie-Therese Vasilache-Dangles, Fabienne Giuliano, Lydie Burglen, Adolfo Saiardi, Valentina Stanley, Nathalie Lefort, Giulia Barcia, Pierre David, Karthyayani Rajamani, Daniel Medina-Cano, Patrick Nitschke, Joseph G. Gleeson, Maha S. Zaki, Laurence Colleaux, Nathalie Boddaert, Fatma Mujgan Sonmez, Damir Musaev, Ekin Ucuncu, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), University College of London [London] (UCL), Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service de neurologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Centre Hospitalier Antibes - Juan-les-Pins, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Hacettepe University = Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Karadeniz Technical University (KTU), Rady Children's Hospital, CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Sorbonne Université - Faculté de Médecine (SU FM), Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse), and Gestionnaire, Hal Sorbonne Université
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Cytoplasm, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Cellular differentiation, General Physics and Astronomy, Gene Knockout Techniques, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Homeostasis, Inositol, Phosphorylation, Child, Chelating Agents, Mice, Knockout, Multidisciplinary, Cell Death, Chemistry, Stem Cells, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Cell Differentiation, Cell biology, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Child, Preschool, Second messenger system, Female, Intracellular, Cell physiology, Programmed cell death, Phytic Acid, Science, Pontocerebellar hypoplasia, Stem-cell differentiation, Article, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, Cerebellar Diseases, medicine, Animals, Humans, HEK 293 cells, Infant, General Chemistry, medicine.disease, Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases, Mice, Inbred C57BL, HEK293 Cells, 030104 developmental biology, Mutation, Transcriptome, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Inositol polyphosphates are vital metabolic and secondary messengers, involved in diverse cellular functions. Therefore, tight regulation of inositol polyphosphate metabolism is essential for proper cell physiology. Here, we describe an early-onset neurodegenerative syndrome caused by loss-of-function mutations in the multiple inositol-polyphosphate phosphatase 1 gene (MINPP1). Patients are found to have a distinct type of Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia with typical basal ganglia involvement on neuroimaging. We find that patient-derived and genome edited MINPP1−/− induced stem cells exhibit an inefficient neuronal differentiation combined with an increased cell death. MINPP1 deficiency results in an intracellular imbalance of the inositol polyphosphate metabolism. This metabolic defect is characterized by an accumulation of highly phosphorylated inositols, mostly inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6), detected in HEK293 cells, fibroblasts, iPSCs and differentiating neurons lacking MINPP1. In mutant cells, higher IP6 level is expected to be associated with an increased chelation of intracellular cations, such as iron or calcium, resulting in decreased levels of available ions. These data suggest the involvement of IP6-mediated chelation on Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia disease pathology and thereby highlight the critical role of MINPP1 in the regulation of human brain development and homeostasis., Tight regulation of inositol polyphosphate metabolism is essential for proper cell physiology. Here, the authors describe an early-onset neurodegenerative syndrome caused by loss-of-function mutations in the MINPP1 gene, characterised by intracellular imbalance of inositol polyphosphate metabolism.
Published: 2020
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18. Improving the diagnostic efficiency of primary immunodeficiencies with targeted next-generation sequencing

Author: Brigitte Bader-Meunier, Thibault Comont, Felipe Suarez, Alain Fischer, Vincent Barlogis, David Boutboul, Claire Fieschi, Guillaume Vogt, Marlène Pasquet, Frédéric Rieux-Laucat, Jérémie Rosain, Marine Gil, Lionel Galicier, Etienne Merlin, Cécile Fourrage, Christine Bole, Nicholas Renaud, Wadih Abou Chahla, Capucine Picard, Sylvain Hanein, Stéphane Blanche, Patrick Nitschké, Despina Moshous, Benedicte Neven, Isabelle André, Virginie Grandin, Alexandre Alcaïs, Sylvain Latour, Jean-Pierre de Villartay, Chantal Lagresle-Peyrou, Jean-Sebastien Diana, Eric Oksenhendler, Marion Malphettes, Samuel Chevalier, Elisabeth Hulier-Ammar, Olivier Hermine, Mathieu Fusaro, Jacinta Bustamante, Nathalie Lambert, Vivien Béziat, Geneviève de Saint Basile, Nizar Mahlaoui, Martin Castelle, Sven Kracker, Alain Lefevre-Utile, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Adolescent, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases, health care facilities, manpower, and services, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Immunology, education, MEDLINE, Immunoglobulins, Bioinformatics, DNA sequencing, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Humans, Child, health care economics and organizations, Aged, Primary (chemistry), business.industry, Infant, Newborn, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Infant, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, I-kappa B Kinase, 030104 developmental biology, Child, Preschool, Cohort, Mutation, Etiology, Primary immunodeficiency, Female, business, 030215 immunology
Abstract: This study aims to validate a targeted next-generation sequencing panel of 300 genes to diagnose a cohort of 129 patients with primary immunodeficiency with no prior molecular etiology.
Published: 2020
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19. Human C-terminal CUBN variants associate with chronic proteinuria and normal renal function

Author: Marie-Josèphe Tête, Matthias Hansen, Florie Lammens, Tobias Schäfer, Albert Bensman, Alexandra Cambier, Tobias B. Huber, Christoph J. Mache, Elisa Kuhn, Christian Brix Folsted Andersen, Corinne Isnard-Bagnis, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Günter Klaus, Mathilda Bedin, Fabienne Jabot-Hanin, Julien Hogan, Laure Villoing-Gaudé, Timo Wagner, Patrick Nitschke, Carole Tournant, Marcus R. Benz, Maik Grohmann, Markus Gödel, Aude Servais, Corinne Antignac, Cécile Vigneau, Ferielle Louillet, Christine Bole-Feysot, Véronique Baudouin, Iseline Bouteau, Lars Pape, Kay Latta, Carsten Bergmann, Yong Li, Vincent Morinière, Saoussen Krid, Olivier Gribouval, Olivia Boyer, Bruno Ranchin, Anna Köttgen, Matias Simons, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Neuropathies héréditaires et rein en développement, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Département de Néphrologie [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], School of Software (THSS), Tsinghua University [Beijing], Néphropathies héréditaires et rein en développement (UMR_S 983), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP), Hôpital Robert Debré Paris, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de neuropédiatrie et maladies métaboliques [CHU Robert-Debré], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de néphrologie et pédiatrie générale [CHU Trousseau], Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], UNIROUEN - UFR Santé (UNIROUEN UFR Santé), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Service de Néphrologie Rhumatologie Dermatologie, HCL Groupement Hospitalier Est-Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant [CHU - HCL] (HFME), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Centre de référence Maladies Rénales Rares, CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail (Irset), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Service d'urologie, néphrologie et transplantation [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [APHP], Department of Pediatric Kidney, Hannover Medical School [Hannover] (MHH)-Children's Hospital, Renal Division, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Service de Génétique Médicale [CHU Necker], Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Plateforme de bioinformatique, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), IT University of Copenhagen, NNF18OC0052457, Novo Nordisk Fonden, KO 3598/5-1,KIDGEM SFB1140 246781735, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, ANR-10-IAHU-01,ANR-14-ACHN-0013, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, 01GM1515C, Federal Ministry or Education and Research, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Tsinghua University [Beijing] (THU), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Robert Debré, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant [CHU - HCL] (HFME), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-HCL Groupement Hospitalier Est-Centre de référence Maladies Rénales Rares, Service d'Urologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes (UR)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), IT University of Copenhagen (ITU), ANR-10-IAHU-0001,Imagine,Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Imagine(2010), and ANR-14-ACHN-0013,NEPHROFLY,Utilisation de Drosophila melanogaster pour étudier les maladies génétiques du rein(2014)
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Nephrology, medicine.medical_specialty, Anemia, Megaloblastic, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Renal function, Receptors, Cell Surface, Kidney, urologic and male genital diseases, Gastroenterology, Kidney Tubules, Proximal, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, Malabsorption Syndromes, Internal medicine, Chronic kidney disease, medicine, Genetics, Albuminuria, Humans, Alport syndrome, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, Proteinuria, business.industry, urogenital system, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Cubilin, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, 3. Good health, 030104 developmental biology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Mutation, Female, Clinical Medicine, medicine.symptom, business, Nephrotic syndrome, Genetic diseases
Abstract: International audience; BACKGROUNDProteinuria is considered an unfavorable clinical condition that accelerates renal and cardiovascular disease. However, it is not clear whether all forms of proteinuria are damaging. Mutations in CUBN cause Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (IGS), which is characterized by intestinal malabsorption of vitamin B12 and in some cases proteinuria. CUBN encodes for cubilin, an intestinal and proximal tubular uptake receptor containing 27 CUB domains for ligand binding.METHODSWe used next-generation sequencing for renal disease genes to genotype cohorts of patients with suspected hereditary renal disease and chronic proteinuria. CUBN variants were analyzed using bioinformatics, structural modeling, and epidemiological methods.RESULTSWe identified 39 patients, in whom biallelic pathogenic variants in the CUBN gene were associated with chronic isolated proteinuria and early childhood onset. Since the proteinuria in these patients had a high proportion of albuminuria, glomerular diseases such as steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome or Alport syndrome were often the primary clinical diagnosis, motivating renal biopsies and the use of proteinuria-lowering treatments. However, renal function was normal in all cases. By contrast, we did not found any biallelic CUBN variants in proteinuric patients with reduced renal function or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Unlike the more N-terminal IGS mutations, 37 of the 41 proteinuria-associated CUBN variants led to modifications or truncations after the vitamin B12-binding domain. Finally, we show that 4 C-terminal CUBN variants are associated with albuminuria and slightly increased GFR in meta-analyses of large population-based cohorts.CONCLUSIONCollectively, our data suggest an important role for the C-terminal half of cubilin in renal albumin reabsorption. Albuminuria due to reduced cubilin function could be an unexpectedly common benign condition in humans that may not require any proteinuria-lowering treatment or renal biopsy.FUNDINGATIP-Avenir program, Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller (Liliane Bettencourt Chair of Developmental Biology), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) Investissements d'avenir program (ANR-10-IAHU-01) and NEPHROFLY (ANR-14-ACHN-0013, to MS), Steno Collaborative Grant 2018 (NNF18OC0052457, to TSA and MS), Heisenberg Professorship of the German Research Foundation (KO 3598/5-1, to AK), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) KIDGEM 1140 (project 246781735, to CB), and Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMB) (01GM1515C, to CB).
Published: 2020
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20. A Variety of Alu-Mediated Copy Number Variations Can Underlie IL-12Rβ1 Deficiency

Author: Yuriy Stepanovskiy, Liudmyla Chernyshova, Elfride De Baere, Davood Mansouri, Nima Parvaneh, Mahboubeh Mansouri, María Teresa Herrera, S. Alireza Mahdaviani, Fabienne Jabot-Hanin, Jacinta Bustamante, Mélanie Migaud, Laurent Abel, Anne Puel, Jérémie Rosain, Alejandro Nieto-Patlán, Frédéric Tores, Mehrnaz Mesdaghi, Emilie Corvilain, Gaspard Kerner, Virginie Grandin, Edna Venegas-Montoya, Capucine Picard, Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis, Patrick Nitschke, Sigifredo Pedraza-Sánchez, Carmen Oleaga-Quintas, Stéphane Marot, Caroline Deswarte, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Christine Bole-Feysot, Hannah Verdin, Anastasia Bondarenko, Garyfallia Syridou, Maria Tsolia, Sara Elva Espinosa-Padilla, Nathalie Lambert, Corinne Jacques, Lizbeth Blancas-Galicia, and Marco Antonio Yamazaki-Nakashimada
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, DNA Copy Number Variations, Immunology, Gene Expression, Alu element, Locus (genetics), Biology, Genome, Article, Interferon-gamma, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, Alu Elements, Gene duplication, Interleukin-12 Receptor beta 1 Subunit, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Copy-number variation, Indel, Interleukin 12 receptor, beta 1 subunit, Alleles, Genetic Association Studies, Genetics, Mycobacterium Infections, Base Sequence, Chromosome Mapping, Pedigree, Phenotype, 030104 developmental biology, Mutation, Mendelian inheritance, symbols, Female
Abstract: PURPOSE: Inborn errors of IFN-γ immunity underlie Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD). Autosomal recessive complete IL-12Rβ1 deficiency is the most frequent genetic etiology of MSMD. Only two of the 84 known mutations are copy number variations (CNVs), identified in two of the 213 IL-12Rβ1-deficient patients and two of the 164 kindreds reported. These two CNVs are large deletions found in the heterozygous or homozygous state. We searched for novel families with IL-12Rβ1 deficiency due to CNVs. METHODS: We studied six MSMD patients from five unrelated kindreds displaying adverse reactions to BCG vaccination. Three of the patients also presented systemic salmonellosis, two had mucocutaneous candidiasis, and one had disseminated histoplasmosis. We searched for CNVs and other variation by IL12RB1-targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS). RESULTS: We identified six new IL-12Rβ1-deficient patients with a complete loss of IL-12Rβ1 expression on PHA-activated T cells and/or EBV-transformed B cells. The cells of these patients did not respond to IL-12 and IL-23. Five different CNVs encompassing IL12RB1 (four deletions and one duplication) were identified in these patients by NGS coverage analysis, in either the homozygous state (n=1) or in trans (n=4) with a single nucleotide variation (n=3) or a small indel (n=1). Seven of the nine mutations are novel. Interestingly, four of the five CNVs were predicted to be driven by nearby Alu elements, as well as the two previously reported large deletions. The IL12RB1 locus is actually enriched in Alu elements (44.7%), when compared with the rest of the genome (10.5%). CONCLUSION: The IL12RB1 locus is Alu-enriched and therefore prone to rearrangements at various positions. CNVs should be considered in the genetic diagnosis of IL-12Rβ1 deficiency.
Published: 2018
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21. De novo mutation screening in childhood-onset cerebellar atrophy identifies gain-of-function mutations in the CACNA1G calcium channel gene

Author: Giulia Barcia, Laurence Hubert, Emily Fassi, Julien Thevenon, Laurence Faivre, Philippe Lory, Daniel Medina-Cano, Pierre Blanc, Nathalie Boddaert, Nami Altin, Karine Siquier-Pernet, Marlène Rio, Céline Vidal, Jean Chemin, Sylvain Hanein, Holly H. Zimmerman, Marwan Shinawi, Patrick Nitschke, Vincent Cantagrel, Cécile Fourage, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Christine Bole-Feysot, Jeanne Amiel, Ali Ahmad, Arnold Munnich, Michael Nicouleau, Stanislas Lyonnet, Laurence Colleaux, Isabelle Desguerre, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Plateforme de génomique [SFR Necker], Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de Génétique Médicale [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Plate Forme Paris Descartes de Bioinformatique (BIP-D), Centre de génétique - Centre de référence des maladies rares, anomalies du développement et syndromes malformatifs (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Service de neurologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Neuroimagerie en psychiatrie (U1000), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Cochin (IC UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016)), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Génétique et épigénétique des maladies métaboliques, neurosensorielles et du développement (Inserm U781), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de Radiologie et imagerie médicale [CHU Necker], Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Baylor University-Baylor University, ANR-16-CE12-0005,SCD-Mec,Mécanismes développementaux des anomalies structurelles cérébelleuses(2016), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Microcephaly, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Developmental Disabilities, medicine.disease_cause, Deep cerebellar nuclei, Cohort Studies, Calcium Channels, T-Type, Purkinje Cells, Epilepsy, 0302 clinical medicine, Cerebellum, Child, Exome sequencing, Mutation, Brain, Phenotype, Pedigree, Child, Preschool, Gain of Function Mutation, CACNA1G, Female, Cerebellar atrophy, medicine.symptom, voltage-gated calcium channel, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Cerebellar Ataxia, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, cerebellar atrophy, Cerebellar Diseases, Intellectual Disability, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, Cerebellar ataxia, medicine.disease, de novo mutation, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Calcium, Calcium Channels, Neurology (clinical), Atrophy, Cav3.1, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: IF 10.848; International audience; Cerebellar atrophy is a key neuroradiological finding usually associated with cerebellar ataxia and cognitive development defect in children. Unlike the adult forms, early onset cerebellar atrophies are classically described as mostly autosomal recessive conditions and the exact contribution of de novo mutations to this phenotype has not been assessed. In contrast, recent studies pinpoint the high prevalence of pathogenic de novo mutations in other developmental disorders such as intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and epilepsy. Here, we investigated a cohort of 47 patients with early onset cerebellar atrophy and/or hypoplasia using a custom gene panel as well as whole exome sequencing. De novo mutations were identified in 35% of patients while 27% had mutations inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Understanding if these de novo events act through a loss or a gain of function effect is critical for treatment considerations. To gain a better insight into the disease mechanisms causing these cerebellar defects, we focused on CACNA1G, a gene not yet associated with the early-onset form. This gene encodes the Cav3.1 subunit of T-type calcium channels highly expressed in Purkinje neurons and deep cerebellar nuclei. We identified four patients with de novo CACNA1G mutations. They all display severe motor and cognitive impairment, cerebellar atrophy as well as variable features such as facial dysmorphisms, digital anomalies, microcephaly and epilepsy. Three subjects share a recurrent c.2881G>A/p.Ala961Thr variant while the fourth patient has the c.4591A>G/p.Met1531Val variant. Both mutations drastically impaired channel inactivation properties with significantly slower kinetics (∼5 times) and negatively shifted potential for half-inactivation (>10 mV). In addition, these two mutations increase neuronal firing in a cerebellar nuclear neuron model and promote a larger window current fully inhibited by TTA-P2, a selective T-type channel blocker. This study highlights the prevalence of de novo mutations in early-onset cerebellar atrophy and demonstrates that A961T and M1531V are gain of function mutations. Moreover, it reveals that aberrant activity of Cav3.1 channels can markedly alter brain development and suggests that this condition could be amenable to treatment.
Published: 2018
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22. Klhl6 Deficiency Impairs Transitional B Cell Survival and Differentiation

Author: Auriel Dahan, Frédérique Lembo, Annie De Smet, Christine Bole-Feysot, Jean-Claude Weill, Damiana Lecoeuche, Nicolas Cagnard, Delphine Sterlin, Barbara Bertocci, Tatiana Fadeev, Baptiste Gaillard, Claude-Agnès Reynaud, and Julius Kühn
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Lymphoma, B-Cell, Cellular differentiation, Immunology, Somatic hypermutation, Cell Line, Mice, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Animals, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, B cell, Cell Proliferation, Genetics, B-Lymphocytes, biology, Cell growth, Precursor Cells, B-Lymphoid, Germinal center, Cell Differentiation, Germinal Center, Burkitt Lymphoma, Cell biology, Ubiquitin ligase, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cell culture, Mutation, biology.protein, Carrier Proteins, Cytokinesis, 030215 immunology
Abstract: Klhl6 belongs to the KLHL gene family, which is composed of an N-terminal BTB-POZ domain and four to six Kelch motifs in tandem. Several of these proteins function as adaptors of the Cullin3 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. In this article, we report that Klhl6 deficiency induces, as previously described, a 2-fold reduction in mature B cells. However, we find that this deficit is centered on the inability of transitional type 1 B cells to survive and to progress toward the transitional type 2 B cell stage, whereas cells that have passed this step generate normal germinal centers (GCs) upon a T-dependent immune challenge. Klhl6-deficient type 1 B cells showed a 2-fold overexpression of genes linked with cell proliferation, including most targets of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome complex, a set of genes whose expression is precisely downmodulated upon culture of splenic transitional B cells in the presence of BAFF. These results thus suggest a delay in the differentiation process of Klhl6-deficient B cells between the immature and transitional stage. We further show, in the BL2 Burkitt’s lymphoma cell line, that KLHL6 interacts with Cullin3, but also that it binds to HBXIP/Lamtor5, a protein involved in cell-cycle regulation and cytokinesis. Finally, we report that KLHL6, which is recurrently mutated in B cell lymphomas, is an off-target of the normal somatic hypermutation process taking place in GC B cells in both mice and humans, thus leaving open whether, despite the lack of impact of Klhl6 deficiency on GC B cell expansion, mutants could contribute to the oncogenic process.
Published: 2017
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23. Stress-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction is exacerbated during diet-induced obesity

Author: Christine Bole-Feysot, Mauranne Lelouard, A. Amamou, Philippe Ducrotté, David Ribet, E. Salameh, Jonathan Breton, C. L’Huillier, Moïse Coëffier, P. Tirelle, W. Bahlouli, Karim Atmani, Pierre Déchelotte, Alexis Goichon, Nutrition, inflammation et dysfonctionnement de l'axe intestin-cerveau (ADEN), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UNIROUEN - UFR Santé (UNIROUEN UFR Santé), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de nutrition [CHU Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie [CHU Rouen], and Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen]-CHU Rouen
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Leptin, Male, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Clinical Biochemistry, Mice, Obese, Gut flora, Biochemistry, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Prevalence, Intestinal Mucosa, Cecum, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Irritable bowel syndrome, Nutrition and Dietetics, biology, digestive, oral, and skin physiology, Pathophysiology, Metformin, 3. Good health, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists, medicine.drug, medicine.medical_specialty, Colon, Diet, High-Fat, Permeability, 03 medical and health sciences, Stress, Physiological, [SDV.BBM.GTP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Genomics [q-bio.GN], Internal medicine, medicine, Animals, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Obesity, [SDV.BBM.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry [q-bio.BM], Molecular Biology, Intestinal permeability, business.industry, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Transplantation, Mice, Inbred C57BL, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, business, Corticosterone, [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition
Abstract: Obesity and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are two major public health issues. Interestingly previous data report a marked increase of IBS prevalence in morbid obese subjects compared with non-obese subjects but underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Obesity and IBS share common intestinal pathophysiological mechanisms such as gut dysbiosis, intestinal hyperpermeability and low-grade inflammatory response. We thus aimed to evaluate the link between obesity and IBS using different animal models. Male C57Bl/6 mice received high fat diet (HFD) for 12 weeks and were then submitted to water avoidance stress (WAS). In response to WAS, HFD mice exhibited higher intestinal permeability and plasma corticosterone concentration than non-obese mice. We were not able to reproduce a similar response both in ob/ob mice and in leptin-treated non-obese mice. In addition, metformin, a hypoglycemic agent, limited fasting glycaemia both in unstressed and WAS diet-induced obese mice but only partially restored colonic permeability in unstressed HFD mice. Metformin failed to improve intestinal permeability in WAS HFD mice. Finally, cecal microbiota transplantation from HFD mice in antibiotics-treated recipient mice did not reproduce the effects observed in stressed HFD mice. In conclusion, stress induced a more marked intestinal barrier dysfunction in diet-induced obese mice compared with non-obese mice that seems to be independent of leptin, glycaemia and gut microbiota. These data should be further confirmed and the role of the dietary composition should be studied.
Published: 2019
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24. Functional and genetic testing in adults with HLH reveals an inflammatory profile rather than a cytotoxicity defect

Author: Christine Bole-Feysot, Jean-Robert Harlé, Audrey Cambon, Gilles Kaplanski, Geneviève de Saint Basile, Mohamed Hamidou, Catherine Farnarier, Christelle Piperoglou, Patrick Nitschke, Mohamed Boucekine, Sandra Audonnet, Karin Mazodier, Frederic Vely, and Julien Carvelli
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, Male, Clinical Trials and Observations, Lymphocyte, Immunology, Arthritis, Biochemistry, Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, hemic and lymphatic diseases, medicine, Humans, Genetic Testing, Cytotoxicity, Aged, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, Aged, 80 and over, Inflammation, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, biology, business.industry, CD69, Degranulation, Cell Biology, Hematology, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic, Lymphoma, Killer Cells, Natural, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Perforin, biology.protein, Female, business
Abstract: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening hyperinflammatory condition. Primary HLH occurs early in life as a result of monogenic biallelic mutations affecting lymphocyte cytotoxicity. Secondary HLH occurs mostly in adults secondary to infection, lymphoma, or rheumatic disease. In this latter setting, lymphocyte cytotoxicity status is not known. We conducted a systematic evaluation of natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity in adult patients with secondary HLH. Adult patients with secondary HLH were prospectively studied ex vivo for total lymphocyte count and subtype, NK cell phenotype, perforin expression and degranulation, and natural or antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity, in comparison with patients affected by the same underlying disease without HLH (disease controls [DCs]) and with healthy controls (HCs). Screening for variants of cytotoxity genes was systematically performed. 68 patients were included in the HLH group and 34 each in the DC and HC groups. In HLH patients, severe and transient lymphopenia, activated NK cell phenotype (eg, increased CD69, ICAM-1, HLADR, and CCR5 expression), and decreased capacity of interferon γ production were observed; mean perforin expression was normal; and degranulation tests and NK cell cytotoxicity were not different from those in DCs. A monoallelic variant of uncertain significance affecting a lymphocyte cytotoxicity gene or the perforin variant A91V was observed in almost 50% of the patients. We detected no major intrinsic cytotoxicity dysfunction in secondary HLH patients compared with DCs and no predicted pathogenic gene variant. The activated NK phenotype profile associated with decreased interferon γ production seems similar to those of other hyperinflammatory diseases such as sepsis or systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Published: 2019

25. TUBB1 mutations cause thyroid dysgenesis associated with abnormal platelet physiology

Author: Michel Polak, Catherine Strassel, Fabienne Jabot-Hanin, Claude Besmond, Frédéric Tores, Patrick Nitschke, Christine Bole-Feysot, Athanasia Stoupa, Carsten Janke, Anita Luise Michel, François Lanza, Dominique Lasne, Arnold Munnich, Frédéric Adam, Juliane Léger, Alexandre Kauskot, Alain Schmitt, Kathiresan Natarajan, Sanjay Gawade, Gabor Szinnai, Aurore Carré, Delphine Borgel, Dulanjalee Kariyawasam, Raphael Scharfmann, Institut Cochin (IC UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), INSERM, UMR-S1176, Biologie et pharmacologie des plaquettes sanguines: hémostase, thrombose, transfusion, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-EFS-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), University of Basel (Unibas), Laboratory of molecular mechanisms of hematologic disorders and therapeutic implications (ERL 8254 - Equipe Inserm U1163), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Curie [Paris], Stress génotoxiques et cancer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Curie [Paris]-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Nutrition, inflammation et dysfonctionnement de l'axe intestin-cerveau (ADEN), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service d'Endocrinologie et Diabétologie Pédiatriques, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Plate Forme Paris Descartes de Bioinformatique (BIP-D), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Service de Génétique Médicale [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Génétique et épigénétique des maladies métaboliques, neurosensorielles et du développement (Inserm U781), Pancréas endocrine et diabète de l'enfant, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Biologie et pharmacologie des plaquettes sanguines: hémostase, thrombose, transfusion (http://www.u949.inserm.fr/), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-EFS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Curie, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut Curie-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Hôpital Robert Debré, and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP]
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Medicine (General), Pathology, endocrine system diseases, Platelet Aggregation, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Physiology, Gene mutation, QH426-470, Mice, TUBB1, Tubulin, [SDV.BC.IC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Cell Behavior [q-bio.CB], Research Articles, Mice, Knockout, Hematology, TUBB1 Subject Categories Genetics, Thyroid, congenital hypothyroidism, Congenital hypothyroidism, 3. Good health, medicine.anatomical_structure, Thyroid Dysgenesis, Molecular Medicine, Research Article, Blood Platelets, endocrine system, medicine.medical_specialty, Protein family, [SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, Biology, Gene Therapy & Genetic Disease, Thyroid dysgenesis, 03 medical and health sciences, R5-920, Internal medicine, Genetics, [SDV.MHEP.AHA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Tissues and Organs [q-bio.TO], medicine, Animals, Humans, Gene, Abnormal Platelet, macroplatelets, business.industry, mutations, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Mutation, Genetics, Gene Therapy & Genetic Disease, business, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, Haematology
Abstract: The genetic causes of congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dysgenesis (TD) remain largely unknown. We identified three novel TUBB1 gene mutations that co‐segregated with TD in three distinct families leading to 1.1% of TUBB1 mutations in TD study cohort. TUBB1 (Tubulin, Beta 1 Class VI) encodes for a member of the β‐tubulin protein family. TUBB1 gene is expressed in the developing and adult thyroid in humans and mice. All three TUBB1 mutations lead to non‐functional α/β‐tubulin dimers that cannot be incorporated into microtubules. In mice, Tubb1 knock‐out disrupted microtubule integrity by preventing β1‐tubulin incorporation and impaired thyroid migration and thyroid hormone secretion. In addition, TUBB1 mutations caused the formation of macroplatelets and hyperaggregation of human platelets after stimulation by low doses of agonists. Our data highlight unexpected roles for β1‐tubulin in thyroid development and in platelet physiology. Finally, these findings expand the spectrum of the rare paediatric diseases related to mutations in tubulin‐coding genes and provide new insights into the genetic background and mechanisms involved in congenital hypothyroidism and thyroid dysgenesis.
Published: 2019
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26. EFL1 mutations impair eIF6 release to cause Shwachman-Diamond syndrome

Author: Dana Ranta, Jean Donadieu, Pekka Jaako, Alan J. Warren, Etienne Lengliné, Laetitia Kermasson, Christine Bellanné-Chantelot, Angela Hoslin, Alexandre Faille, Hubert Ducou Le Pointe, Patrick Revy, Abraham Acevedo-Arozena, Christine Bole-Feysot, Caroline Kannengiesser, Blandine Beaupain, Shengjiang Tan, Patrick Nitschke, Odile Fenneteau, Jean-Pierre de Villartay, Stefano Fumagalli, Maryline Poirée, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut de pharmacologie et de biologie structurale (IPBS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, CIC - Biotherapie - GHU Ouest APHP (CIC-BT 502), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service d'Hematologie et Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Service de Pédiatrie, Unité d'Oncologie et Hématologie Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice), Service d'Hématologie Biologique [Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris], AP-HP Hôpital universitaire Robert-Debré [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service de Radiologie [CHU Trousseau], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU), CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Plateforme de génomique [SFR Necker], Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Developpement Normal et Pathologique du Système Immunitaire, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Service d'hématologie-immunologie-oncologie pédiatrique [CHU Trousseau], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Centre de recherche sur l'Inflammation (CRI (UMR_S_1149 / ERL_8252 / U1149)), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National History Museum of London, Acevedo-Arozena, Abraham [0000-0001-6127-7116], Bellanné-Chantelot, Christine [0000-0001-8415-6771], Warren, Alan J [0000-0001-9277-4553], Revy, Patrick [0000-0003-0758-8022], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], Service d'Hémato-oncologie Pédiatrique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP), CHU Saint-Antoine [APHP], Service d’oncologie hématologie pédiatrique [CHU Trousseau], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: Male, Models, Molecular, Ribosomopathy, Protein Conformation, DNA Mutational Analysis, [SDV.BC.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Subcellular Processes [q-bio.SC], medicine.disease_cause, Biochemistry, Ribosome, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Peptide Initiation Factors, Large ribosomal subunit, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Cells, Cultured, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, Shwachman–Diamond syndrome, Mutation, Translation (biology), [SDV.MHEP.HEM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hematology, Hematology, Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome, 3. Good health, Pedigree, Phenotype, [SDV.IMM.IA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology/Adaptive immunology, EIF6, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Disease Susceptibility, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Adolescent, Immunology, Mice, Transgenic, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, Structure-Activity Relationship, Red Cells, Iron, and Erythropoiesis, medicine, Animals, Humans, Ribonucleoprotein, U5 Small Nuclear, 030304 developmental biology, Whole Genome Sequencing, Infant, [SDV.BBM.BM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Molecular biology, Cell Biology, medicine.disease, Peptide Elongation Factors, Disease Models, Animal, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Ribosome Subunits, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a recessive disorder typified by bone marrow failure and predisposition to hematological malignancies. SDS is predominantly caused by deficiency of the allosteric regulator Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome that cooperates with elongation factor-like GTPase 1 (EFL1) to catalyze release of the ribosome antiassociation factor eIF6 and activate translation. Here, we report biallelic mutations in EFL1 in 3 unrelated individuals with clinical features of SDS. Cellular defects in these individuals include impaired ribosomal subunit joining and attenuated global protein translation as a consequence of defective eIF6 eviction. In mice, Efl1 deficiency recapitulates key aspects of the SDS phenotype. By identifying biallelic EFL1 mutations in SDS, we define this leukemia predisposition disorder as a ribosomopathy that is caused by corruption of a fundamental, conserved mechanism, which licenses entry of the large ribosomal subunit into translation.
Published: 2019
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27. A novel de novo PDGFRB variant in a child with severe cerebral malformations, intracerebral calcifications, and infantile myofibromatosis

Author: Marie Hully, Sabine Sarnacki, Veronique Minard-Colin, Myriam Oufadem, Christine Bole-Feysot, Nathalie Boddaert, Patrick Nitschké, Christopher T. Gordon, Thomas Blauwblomme, Jeanne Amiel, and Anne Guimier
Subjects: Male, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Mutation, Missense, Infantile myofibromatosis, Basal ganglia calcification, PDGFRB, Intracerebral calcifications, Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta, Genetics, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Beta, medicine, Humans, Missense mutation, Genetics (clinical), business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Brain, Calcinosis, Myofibromatosis, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Phenotype, Cerebral malformations, Female, business
Abstract: The spectrum of clinical consequences of variants in the Platelet derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRB) gene is wide. Missense variants leading to variable loss of signal transduction in vitro have been reported in the idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC) syndrome Type 4. In contrast, gain-of-function variants have been reported in infantile myofibromatosis, Penttinen syndrome, and Kosaki overgrowth syndrome. Here, we report a patient harboring a novel postzygotic variant in PDGFRB (c.1682_1684del, p.[Arg561_Tyr562delinsHis]) and presenting severe cerebral malformations, intracerebral calcifications, and infantile myofibromatosis. This observation expands the phenotype associated with PDGFRB variants and illustrates the wide clinical spectrum linked to dysregulation of PDGFRB.
Published: 2019
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28. Immunoglobulin G Modulation of the Melanocortin 4 Receptor Signaling in Obesity and Eating Disorders

Author: Sergueï O. Fetissov, Moïse Coëffier, Nicolas Lucas, Jonathan Breton, Jaanus Harro, Christine Bole-Feysot, Anu Järv, Romain Legrand, Pierre Déchelotte, Kirsti Akkermann, Nutrition, inflammation et dysfonctionnement de l'axe intestin-cerveau (ADEN), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Normandie Université (NU), Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de nutrition [CHU Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), University of Tartu, University Clinics of Tartu, and Différenciation et communication neuronale et neuroendocrine (DC2N)
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Physiology, Immunoglobulin G, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, 0302 clinical medicine, Cyclic AMP, Internalization, Receptor, media_common, biology, integumentary system, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Melanocortin 4 receptor, Psychiatry and Mental health, Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4, Female, Melanocortin, hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists, Signal Transduction, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, endocrine system, Adolescent, media_common.quotation_subject, Molecular neuroscience, Article, lcsh:RC321-571, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immune system, Internal medicine, medicine, Animals, Humans, Obesity, lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, business.industry, Appetite, Mice, Inbred C57BL, HEK293 Cells, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, alpha-MSH, Anorectic, biology.protein, business, Psychiatric disorders, [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) plays a key role in regulation of appetite activated by its main ligand α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) in both central and peripheral targets. α-MSH also binds to circulating immunoglobulins (Igs) but the functional significance of such immune complexes (ICs) in MC4R signaling in normal and pathological conditions of altered appetite has remained unknown. To address this question, we analyzed plasma levels, affinity kinetics, and binding epitopes of α-MSH-reactive IgG extracted from plasma samples of female patients with hyperphagic obesity, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and healthy controls. Ability of α-MSH/IgG IC to bind and activate human MC4R were studied in vitro and to influence feeding behavior in vivo in rodents. We found that α-MSH-reactive IgG were low in obese but increased in anorectic and bulimic patients and displayed different epitope and kinetics of IC formation. Importantly, while α-MSH/IgG IC from all subjects were binding and activating MC4R, the receptor binding affinity was decreased in obesity. Additionally, α-MSH/IgG IC had lower MC4R-mediated cAMP activation threshold as compared with α-MSH alone in all but not obese subjects. Furthermore, the cellular internalization rate of α-MSH/IgG IC by MC4R-expressing cells was decreased in obese but increased in patients with anorexia nervosa. Moreover, IgG from obese patients prevented central anorexigenic effect of α-MSH. These findings reveal that MC4R is physiologically activated by IC formed by α-MSH/IgG and that different levels and molecular properties of α-MSH-reactive IgG underlie biological activity of such IC relevant to altered appetite in obesity and eating disorders.
Published: 2019
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29. Biallelic PPA2 Mutations Cause Sudden Unexpected Cardiac Arrest in Infancy

Author: Anne Guimier, Richard Redon, Agnès Delahodde, Christopher T. Gordon, Philippe Charron, Myriam Oufadem, Agnès Rötig, Alain Dautant, Patrick Nitschke, Stanislas Lyonnet, Damien Bonnet, Sylvie Di Filippo, Cécile Masson, Patrice Bouvagnet, Loïc de Pontual, Béatrice Kugener, François Godard, Nigel G. Laing, Christine Bole-Feysot, Vincent Probst, Jeanne Amiel, Christelle Vasnier, Stéphane Dauger, Gianina Ravenscroft, Caroline Rambaud, Cheryl Longman, Jean-Paul di Rago, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut de biochimie et génétique cellulaires (IBGC), Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Center for Medical Research, University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research WA 6009, Institut de génétique et microbiologie [Orsay] (IGM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Stress Abiotiques et Différenciation des Végétaux Cultivés (SADV), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies, Institut Charles Viollette (ICV) - EA 7394 (ICV), Université d'Artois (UA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture-Université de Lille, Plate Forme Paris Descartes de Bioinformatique (BIP-D), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nutrition, inflammation et dysfonctionnement de l'axe intestin-cerveau (ADEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Neuroprotection du Cerveau en Développement / Promoting Research Oriented Towards Early Cns Therapies (PROTECT), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Robert Debré-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), West of Scotland Regional Genetics Service, Physiologie integrée du système d'éveil, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-IFR19-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité de Sommeil Pédiatrique (Hôpital Mère-Enfant), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Laboratoire Cardiogénétique, CHU de Lyon HCL-GH Est-Hôpital Louis Pradel, Hôpital Louis Pradel [CHU - HCL], Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Service de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hôpital Louis Pradel [CHU - HCL], unité de recherche de l'institut du thorax UMR1087 UMR6291 (ITX), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Nantes - UFR de Médecine et des Techniques Médicales (UFR MEDECINE), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Fonctions et dysfonctions de la mitochondrie (FDMITO), Département Biologie Cellulaire (BioCell), Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Unité de recherche de l'institut du thorax (ITX-lab), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université d'Artois (UA)-Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Hôpital Robert Debré-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [APHP], Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Heterozygote, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Mitochondrial disease, Mutant, Mutation, Missense, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mitochondrion, Biology, Compound heterozygosity, Mitochondrial Proteins, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Report, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Missense mutation, Exome, Genetics(clinical), Alleles, Genetics (clinical), Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial, Genes, Essential, Microbial Viability, Genetic Complementation Test, Infant, Sudden cardiac arrest, Proton Pumps, medicine.disease, Mitochondria, Diphosphates, Inorganic Pyrophosphatase, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, 030104 developmental biology, Essential gene, Mutation, Female, medicine.symptom, Gene Deletion, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Orthologous Gene
Abstract: International audience; Sudden unexpected death in infancy occurs in apparently healthy infants and remains largely unexplained despite thorough investigation. The vast majority of cases are sporadic. Here we report seven individuals from three families affected by sudden and unexpected cardiac arrest between 4 and 20 months of age. Whole-exome sequencing revealed compound heterozygous missense mutations in PPA2 in affected infants of each family. PPA2 encodes the mitochondrial pyrophosphatase, which hydrolyzes inorganic pyrophosphate into two phosphates. This is an essential activity for many biosynthetic reactions and for energy metabolism of the cell. We show that deletion of the orthologous gene in yeast (ppa2Δ) compromises cell viability due to the loss of mitochondria. Expression of wild-type human PPA2, but not PPA2 containing the mutations identified in affected individuals, preserves mitochondrial function in ppa2Δ yeast. Using a regulatable (doxycycline-repressible) gene expression system, we found that the pathogenic PPA2 mutations rapidly inactivate the mitochondrial energy transducing system and prevent the maintenance of a sufficient electrical potential across the inner membrane, which explains the subsequent disappearance of mitochondria from the mutant yeast cells. Altogether these data demonstrate that PPA2 is an essential gene in yeast and that biallelic mutations in PPA2 cause a mitochondrial disease leading to sudden cardiac arrest in infants.
Published: 2016
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30. Mutations inLTBP3cause acromicric dysplasia and geleophysic dysplasia

Author: Patricia Keith, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Christine Bole-Feysot, Carine Le Goff, Tony J. Kenna, Aideen M. McInerney-Leo, Cay M. Kielty, Emma L. Duncan, Paul Leo, Ruth Steer, Patrick Nitschke, Andreas Zankl, Jessica Harris, and Matthew A. Brown
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Heterozygote, Fibrillin-1, Limb Deformities, Congenital, Mutation, Missense, 030105 genetics & heredity, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, Exon, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Acromicric dysplasia, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Missense mutation, Exome, Myhre syndrome, Genetics (clinical), Exome sequencing, Bone Diseases, Developmental, Microfilament Proteins, Brachydactyly, Exons, medicine.disease, Weill-Marchesani Syndrome, Phenotype, 030104 developmental biology, Latent TGF-beta Binding Proteins, Dysplasia, Mutation, Cancer research
Abstract: Background Acromelic dysplasias are a group of disorders characterised by short stature, brachydactyly, limited joint extension and thickened skin and comprises acromicric dysplasia (AD), geleophysic dysplasia (GD), Myhre syndrome and Weill–Marchesani syndrome. Mutations in several genes have been identified for these disorders (including latent transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)-binding protein-2 (LTBP2), ADAMTS10, ADAMSTS17 and fibrillin-1 (FBN1) for Weill–Marchesani syndrome, ADAMTSL2 for recessive GD and FBN1 for AD and dominant GD), encoding proteins involved in the microfibrillar network. However, not all cases have mutations in these genes. Methods Individuals negative for mutations in known acromelic dysplasia genes underwent whole exome sequencing. Results A heterozygous missense mutation (exon 14: c.2087C>G: p.Ser696Cys) in latent transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)-binding protein-3 (LTBP3) was identified in a dominant AD family. Two distinct de novo heterozygous LTPB3 mutations were also identified in two unrelated GD individuals who had died in early childhood from respiratory failure–a donor splice site mutation (exon 12 c.1846+5G>A) and a stop-loss mutation (exon 28: c.3912A>T: p.1304*Cysext*12). Conclusions The constellation of features in these AD and GD cases, including postnatal growth retardation of long bones and lung involvement, is reminiscent of the null ltbp3 mice phenotype. We conclude that LTBP3 is a novel component of the microfibrillar network involved in the acromelic dysplasia spectrum.
Published: 2016
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31. Heterozygous FGFR1 mutation may be responsible for an incomplete form of osteoglophonic dysplasia, characterized only by radiolucent bone lesions and teeth retentions

Author: Georges Finidori, Pauline Marzin, Muriel De la Dure, Michel Panuel, Céline Huber, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Déborah Gensburger, Christine Bole, and Geneviève Baujat
Subjects: Heterozygote, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Radiodensity, OSTEOGLOPHONIC DYSPLASIA, Osteochondrodysplasias, medicine.disease_cause, Short stature, Exon, Protein Domains, Exome Sequencing, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1, Child, Genetics (clinical), Exome sequencing, Mutation, Tooth Abnormalities, business.industry, Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1, Exons, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Phenotype, Pedigree, stomatognathic diseases, Female, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: Non-ossifying fibromas are seen in different disorders recognizable by specific features. Indeed, osteoglophonic dysplasia (OD) is characterized by radiolucent bone lesions associated with severe short stature, dysmorphism and failure of dental eruption. This syndrome is caused by heterozygous activating mutations in the immunoglobulin-like D3 domain of the FGFR1 gene, encoding a tyrosine kinase. Here, we report three patients from the same family presenting with radiolucent bone lesions and teeth retentions. Exome sequencing allowed identification of a novel mutation c.917C > T, p. Pro306Leu in exon 7 of the FGFR1 gene. Our patients present with normal stature and no severe dysmorphism. This report describes a mild form of OD and expands the phenotype related to FGFR1 mutations. These findings emphasize the need to consider FGFR1 variants in the case of multiple non-ossifying bone lesions associated with dental eruption anomalies.
Published: 2020
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32. Germline HAVCR2 mutations altering TIM-3 characterize subcutaneous panniculitis-like T cell lymphomas with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytic syndrome

Author: Fernando E. Sepulveda, Geneviève de Saint Basile, Patrick Nitschke, Stéphane Blanche, Maxime Battistella, David Michonneau, Nada Jabado, Shriya Deshmukh, David Mitchell, Christine Bole-Feysot, Janie Charlebois, Bénédicte Neven, Hamid Nikbakht, Mikko Taipale, Paul G Ekert, Christopher McCormack, William D. Foulkes, Leonie G. Mikael, Alexandrine Garrigue, Dzana Dervovic, Nancy Hamel, Andrea Bajic, Simon Gravel, Despina Moshous, Sharon Abish, Frank Sicheri, Rachel Conyers, Van-Hung Nguyen, Frédéric Guerin, Susan Kelso, Sylvie Fraitag, H. Miles Prince, Jean-Sebastien Diana, Rola Dali, Marianne Besnard, Jonathan Pratt, Elvis Terci Valera, Dong-Anh Khuong-Quang, Catherine Thieblemont, Alain Fischer, Tenzin Gayden, Jacek Majewski, Brigitte Bader-Meunier, Daniel Schramek, Department of Human Genetics [Montréal], McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada], Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Children’s Cancer Center, The Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Pediatrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Developpement Normal et Pathologique du Système Immunitaire, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Molecular Genetics [Toronto], University of Toronto, Cancer Research Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics, Montreal, Canada, Division of Experimental Medicine [Montréal, QC, Canada] (Department of Medicine), McGill University Health Center [Montreal] (MUHC), Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute [Toronto, Canada], Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Centre de Référence Déficits Immunitaires Héréditaires (CEREDIH), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Montreal Children's Hosp., Montreal, Canada, Nutrition, inflammation et dysfonctionnement de l'axe intestin-cerveau (ADEN), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service Immunologie et Hématologie, Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley] (SSL), University of California [Berkeley], University of California-University of California, Gvh et Gvl : Physiopathologie Chez l'Homme et Chez l'Animal, Incidence et Role Therapeutique, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service d'Anatomie pathologique [CHU Saint-Louis], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Department of Pathology, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Département d'Immunologie, hématologie et rhumatologie pédiatriques [Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades - APHP], CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, Department of Oncology [Melbourne, Australie], Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre [Melbourne, Australie], Department of Neonatology, Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française, Papeete, French Polynesia, Service d'immuno-hématologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], epartment of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Laboratoire d'anatomie pathologique [CHU Necker], Chaire Médecine expérimentale (A. Fischer), Collège de France (CdF (institution)), Department of Human Genetics , Department of Experimental Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center [Nijmegen], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP), and McGill University
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Panniculitis, Adolescent, T cell, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Biology, HAVCR2, Lymphoma, T-Cell, Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic, Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Immune system, Germline mutation, Subcutaneous Panniculitis-Like T-Cell Lymphoma, Exome Sequencing, Genetics, medicine, T-cell lymphoma, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Child, Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2, Germ-Line Mutation, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, Innate immune system, Infant, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Pedigree, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Immunology, [SDV.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology, Female
Abstract: Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T cell lymphoma (SPTCL), a non-Hodgkin lymphoma, can be associated with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a life-threatening immune activation that adversely affects survival1,2. T cell immunoglobulin mucin 3 (TIM-3) is a modulator of immune responses expressed on subgroups of T and innate immune cells. We identify in ~60% of SPTCL cases germline, loss-of-function, missense variants altering highly conserved residues of TIM-3, c.245A>G (p.Tyr82Cys) and c.291A>G (p.Ile97Met), each with specific geographic distribution. The variant encoding p.Tyr82Cys TIM-3 occurs on a potential founder chromosome in patients with East Asian and Polynesian ancestry, while p.Ile97Met TIM-3 occurs in patients with European ancestry. Both variants induce protein misfolding and abrogate TIM-3’s plasma membrane expression, leading to persistent immune activation and increased production of inflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β, promoting HLH and SPTCL. Our findings highlight HLH–SPTCL as a new genetic entity and identify mutations causing TIM-3 alterations as a causative genetic defect in SPTCL. While HLH–SPTCL patients with mutant TIM-3 benefit from immunomodulation, therapeutic repression of the TIM-3 checkpoint may have adverse consequences.
Published: 2018
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33. Recurrent RTTN mutation leading to severe microcephaly, polymicrogyria and growth restriction

Author: Laurent Salomon, Camille Maillard, Christine Bole, Patrick Nitschké, Madeline Louise Reilly, Nathalie Boddaert, Amandine Bery, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Mara Cavallin, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Microcephaly, Movement disorders, Encephalopathy, Mutation, Missense, Cell Cycle Proteins, Dwarfism, 03 medical and health sciences, Consanguinity, 0302 clinical medicine, Arachnoid cyst, Databases, Genetic, Genetics, Polymicrogyria, medicine, Missense mutation, Humans, Child, Genetics (clinical), Exome sequencing, business.industry, Homozygote, Brain, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Pedigree, Morocco, 030104 developmental biology, Phenotype, Child, Preschool, Female, [SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC], medicine.symptom, business, Primordial dwarfism, Carrier Proteins, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Autosomal recessive missense Rotatin (RTTN) mutations are responsible for syndromic forms of malformation of cortical development, ranging from isolated polymicrogyria to microcephaly associated with primordial dwarfism and other major malformations. We identified, by trio based whole exome sequencing, a homozygous missense mutation in the RTTN gene (c.2953A > G; p.(Arg985Gly)) in one Moroccan patient from a consanguineous family. The patient showed early onset primary microcephaly, detected in the fetal period, postnatal growth restriction, encephalopathy with hyperkinetic movement disorders and self-injurious behavior with sleep disturbance. Brain MRI showed an extensive dysgyria associated with nodular heterotopia, large interhemispheric arachnoid cyst and corpus callosum hypoplasia.
Published: 2018
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34. Correction: A homozygous KAT2B variant modulates the clinical phenotype of ADD3 deficiency in humans and flies

Author: Noelle Lachaussée, Géraldine Mollet, Maria Clara Guida, Olivier Gribouval, Olivia Boyer, Corinne Antignac, Thierry Billette de Villemeur, Martin Helmstädter, Caroline Nava, Rolf Bodmer, Alexandra Afenjar, Jane Juusola, Patrick Nitschke, Sara Gonçalves, Boris Keren, Patricia G. Wheeler, Marina Charbit, Tobias B. Huber, Marie-Claire Gubler, Julie Patat, Marlène Rio, Christelle Arrondel, Matias Simons, Christine Bole-Feysot, and Devon Haynes
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Cancer Research, lcsh:QH426-470, Adolescent, Heart Diseases, DNA Mutational Analysis, Corpus callosum, Bioinformatics, Cell Line, 03 medical and health sciences, Text mining, Cataracts, Genetics, medicine, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Humans, Abnormalities, Multiple, p300-CBP Transcription Factors, Clinical phenotype, Molecular Biology, Genetics (clinical), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cells, Cultured, Proteinuria, biology, business.industry, Homozygote, Correction, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Pedigree, lcsh:Genetics, 030104 developmental biology, Phenotype, ADD3, Nasal Diseases, Mutation, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Calmodulin-Binding Proteins, Drosophila, Female, medicine.symptom, Drosophila melanogaster, business
Abstract: Recent evidence suggests that the presence of more than one pathogenic mutation in a single patient is more common than previously anticipated. One of the challenges hereby is to dissect the contribution of each gene mutation, for which animal models such as Drosophila can provide a valuable aid. Here, we identified three families with mutations in ADD3, encoding for adducin-γ, with intellectual disability, microcephaly, cataracts and skeletal defects. In one of the families with additional cardiomyopathy and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), we found a homozygous variant in KAT2B, encoding the lysine acetyltransferase 2B, with impact on KAT2B protein levels in patient fibroblasts, suggesting that this second mutation might contribute to the increased disease spectrum. In order to define the contribution of ADD3 and KAT2B mutations for the patient phenotype, we performed functional experiments in the Drosophila model. We found that both mutations were unable to fully rescue the viability of the respective null mutants of the Drosophila homologs, hts and Gcn5, suggesting that they are indeed pathogenic in flies. While the KAT2B/Gcn5 mutation additionally showed a significantly reduced ability to rescue morphological and functional defects of cardiomyocytes and nephrocytes (podocyte-like cells), this was not the case for the ADD3 mutant rescue. Yet, the simultaneous knockdown of KAT2B and ADD3 synergistically impaired kidney and heart function in flies as well as the adhesion and migration capacity of cultured human podocytes, indicating that mutations in both genes may be required for the full clinical manifestation. Altogether, our studies describe the expansion of the phenotypic spectrum in ADD3 deficiency associated with a homozygous likely pathogenic KAT2B variant and thereby identify KAT2B as a susceptibility gene for kidney and heart disease in ADD3-associated disorders.
Published: 2018

35. Targeted therapy in patients with PIK3CA-related overgrowth syndrome

Author: Olivia Boccara, Frank Martinez, Jérémy Sadoine, Christine Bole-Feysot, Christophe Legendre, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Jeanne Amiel, Nicolas Grenier, Clément Hoguin, Sato Magassa, Simon C. Johnson, Thomas Blanc, Junna Yamaguchi, Dominique Joly, Christine Broissand, Caroline Michot, Stéphanie Pannier, Estelle Blanc, J P Duong, Arnaud Picard, Lotfi Slimani, Cécile Laroche-Raynaud, Stanislas Lyonnet, Fabiola Terzi, Nathalie Boddaert, Smail Hadj Rabia, Sabine Sarnacki, Sophia Ladraa, Véronique Soupre, Catherine Chaussain, Laureline Berteloot, Bertrand Knebelmann, Quitterie Venot, Guillaume Canaud, Laurent Guibaud, Pierre Merville, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CR Saint-Antoine), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Institut de Mathématiques de Marseille (I2M), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Necker Enfants-Malades (INEM - UM 111 (UMR 8253 / U1151)), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de radiologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Epinière = Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Génétique et épigénétique des maladies métaboliques, neurosensorielles et du développement (Inserm U781), Service de néphrologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Service de Néphrologie-transplantation-dialyse [Bordeaux], CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], EHGO, Laboratoire de mécanique des fluides (LMF), École Centrale de Nantes (ECN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Nantes (ECN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service Néphrologie et transplantation rénale Adultes [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service de Génétique Médicale [CHU Necker], Service de chirurgie plastique et maxillofaciale [CHU Necker], Pathologies, Imagerie et Biothérapies oro-faciales (EA 2496), Université Paris Descartes - Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire (UPD5 Odontologie), Service de Radiologie [Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant - HCL], Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant [CHU - HCL] (HFME), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Service de néphrologie adultes [CHU Necker], Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [APHP], CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP]-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Vascular Malformations, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Scoliosis, Disease, Gastroenterology, Article, Mice, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, medicine, Animals, Humans, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Child, Nevus, Hemihypertrophy, Survival rate, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Heart Failure, Sirolimus, Multidisciplinary, business.industry, Organ dysfunction, Genetic disorder, Syndrome, medicine.disease, Vascular Neoplasms, Musculoskeletal Abnormalities, 3. Good health, Disease Models, Animal, Thiazoles, Phenotype, 030104 developmental biology, Overgrowth syndrome, Female, Lipoma, medicine.symptom, business, CLOVES syndrome, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, HeLa Cells
Abstract: CLOVES syndrome (congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal naevi, scoliosis/skeletal and spinal syndrome) is a genetic disorder that results from somatic, mosaic gain-of-function mutations of the PIK3CA gene, and belongs to the spectrum of PIK3CA-related overgrowth syndromes (PROS). This rare condition has no specific treatment and a poor survival rate. Here, we describe a postnatal mouse model of PROS/CLOVES that partially recapitulates the human disease, and demonstrate the efficacy of BYL719, an inhibitor of PIK3CA, in preventing and improving organ dysfunction. On the basis of these results, we used BYL719 to treat nineteen patients with PROS. The drug improved the disease symptoms in all patients. Previously intractable vascular tumours became smaller, congestive heart failure was improved, hemihypertrophy was reduced, and scoliosis was attenuated. The treatment was not associated with any substantial side effects. In conclusion, this study provides the first direct evidence supporting PIK3CA inhibition as a promising therapeutic strategy in patients with PROS.
Published: 2018
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36. Role of miR-146a in neural stem cell differentiation and neural lineage determination: relevance for neurodevelopmental disorders

Author: Olivier Alibeu, Lam Son Nguyen, Julien Fregeac, Eleonora Aronica, Christine Bole-Feysot, Anand Iyer, Patrick Nitschké, Laurence Colleaux, Jasper J. Anink, Nicolas Cagnard, Pathology, ANS - Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Mental Health, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Genome Analysis, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, MESH: Neural Stem Cells, Male, Human neural stem cell, Autism Spectrum Disorder, lcsh:RC346-429, Transcriptome, Neural Stem Cells, MESH: Child, MESH: Up-Regulation, Child, MESH: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Neocortex, microRNA, Human brain, Autism spectrum disorders, Neural stem cell, Temporal Lobe, Up-Regulation, Psychiatry and Mental health, medicine.anatomical_structure, Female, Cell type, Neurite, Neurogenesis, Biology, Cell Line, 03 medical and health sciences, Developmental Neuroscience, Downregulation and upregulation, medicine, MESH: Temporal Lobe, Humans, Cell Lineage, Molecular Biology, lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, MESH: Humans, Research, MESH: Cell Lineage, MESH: Male, MESH: Cell Line, MESH: Neurogenesis, MicroRNAs, 030104 developmental biology, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Neuroscience, MESH: Female, MESH: MicroRNAs, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. miRNAs have emerged as important modulators of brain development and neuronal function and are implicated in several neurological diseases. Previous studies found miR-146a upregulation is the most common miRNA deregulation event in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), epilepsy, and intellectual disability (ID). Yet, how miR-146a upregulation affects the developing fetal brain remains unclear. Methods We analyzed the expression of miR-146a in the temporal lobe of ASD children using Taqman assay. To assess the role of miR-146a in early brain development, we generated and characterized stably induced H9 human neural stem cell (H9 hNSC) overexpressing miR-146a using various cell and molecular biology techniques. Results We first showed that miR-146a upregulation occurs early during childhood in the ASD brain. In H9 hNSC, miR-146a overexpression enhances neurite outgrowth and branching and favors differentiation into neuronal like cells. Expression analyses revealed that 10% of the transcriptome was deregulated and organized into two modules critical for cell cycle control and neuronal differentiation. Twenty known or predicted targets of miR-146a were significantly deregulated in the modules, acting as potential drivers. The two modules also display distinct transcription profiles during human brain development, affecting regions relevant for ASD including the neocortex, amygdala, and hippocampus. Cell type analyses indicate markers for pyramidal, and interneurons are highly enriched in the deregulated gene list. Up to 40% of known markers of newly defined neuronal lineages were deregulated, suggesting that miR-146a could participate also in the acquisition of neuronal identities. Conclusion Our results demonstrate the dynamic roles of miR-146a in early neuronal development and provide new insight into the molecular events that link miR-146a overexpression to impaired neurodevelopment. This, in turn, may yield new therapeutic targets and strategies. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13229-018-0219-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Published: 2018
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37. Thyroid Hypoplasia in Congenital Hypothyroidism Associated with Thyroid Peroxidase Mutations

Author: Mongia Hachicha, Mouna Mnif, Athanasia Stoupa, Patrick Nitschké, Neila Belguith, Manelle Gueriouz, Michel Polak, Leila Keskes, Catherine Raynaud-Ravni, Aurore Carré, Rim Chaabane, and Christine Bole-Feysot
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, endocrine system, medicine.medical_specialty, endocrine system diseases, Adolescent, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Thyroid Function Tests, Thyroid dysgenesis, Iodide Peroxidase, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Endocrinology, Gene Frequency, Thyroid peroxidase, Internal medicine, Exome Sequencing, medicine, Congenital Hypothyroidism, Humans, Primary congenital hypothyroidism, Child, Exome sequencing, Alleles, biology, business.industry, Thyroid, medicine.disease, Congenital hypothyroidism, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Mutation, Thyroid Dysgenesis, biology.protein, Thyroid Hypoplasia, Female, business, Hormone
Abstract: Primary congenital hypothyroidism (CH) affects about 1:3000 newborns worldwide and is mainly caused by defects in thyroid gland development (thyroid dysgenesis [TD]) or hormone synthesis. A genetic cause is identified in10% of TD patients. The aim was to identify novel candidate genes in patients with TD using next-generation sequencing tools.Whole exome sequencing was used to study two families: a consanguineous Tunisian family (one child with severe thyroid hypoplasia) and a French family (two newborn siblings, with a thyroid in situ that was not enlarged on ultrasound at diagnosis). Variants in candidate genes were filtered according to type of variation, frequency in public and in-house databases, in silico prediction tools, and inheritance mode. Unexpectedly, three different variants of the thyroid peroxidase (TPO) gene were identified. A homozygous missense mutation (c.875CT, p.S292F) was found in the Tunisian patient with severe thyroid hypoplasia. The two French siblings were compound heterozygotes (c.387delC/c.2578GA, p.N129Kfs*80/p.G860R) for TPO mutations. All three mutations have been previously described in patients with goitrous CH. In these patients, treatment was initiated immediately after diagnosis, and the effect, if any, of thyrotropin stimulation of these thyroids remains unclear.The first cases are reported of thyroid hypoplasia at diagnosis during the neonatal period in patients with CH and TPO mutations. These cases highlight the importance of screening for TPO mutations not only in goitrous CH, but also in normal or small-size thyroids, and they broaden the clinical spectrum of described phenotypes.
Published: 2018

38. Novel de novo ZBTB20 mutations in three cases with Primrose syndrome and constant corpus callosum anomalies

Author: Maryse Bonnière, Férechté Encha-Razavi, Yves Ville, Lucile Boutaud, Laurence Colleaux, Charlotte Mechler, Patrick Nitschke, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Bettina Bessières, Judith de Oliveira, Philippe Roth, Linda Mouthon, Tania Attié-Bitach, Christine Bole, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Nathalie Boddaert, Valérie Serre, Caroline Alby, Stanislas Lyonnet, Marlène Rio, Amale Ichkou, Sophie Thomas, Michel Vekemans, Christopher T. Gordon, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Service de Génétique Médicale [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Institut Jacques Monod (IJM (UMR_7592)), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Génétique et épigénétique des maladies métaboliques, neurosensorielles et du développement (Inserm U781), Plate Forme Paris Descartes de Bioinformatique (BIP-D), Plateforme de génomique [SFR Necker], Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de neurologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Service de radiologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP), and CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP]-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Candidate gene, Adolescent, Protein Conformation, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Biology, Corpus callosum, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Brain commissure, Intellectual Disability, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Abnormalities, Multiple, Megalencephaly, Amino Acid Sequence, Child, Ear Diseases, Genetics (clinical), Exome sequencing, Zinc finger, Macrocephaly, Infant, Newborn, Brain, Calcinosis, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Reproducibility of Results, Sequence Analysis, DNA, medicine.disease, Primrose syndrome, 3. Good health, Pedigree, Muscular Atrophy, 030104 developmental biology, Phenotype, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Mutation, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Female, medicine.symptom, Agenesis of Corpus Callosum, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Transcription Factors
Abstract: International audience; Corpus callosum (CC) is the major brain commissure connecting homologous areas of cerebral hemispheres. CC anomalies (CCAs) are the most frequent brain anomalies leading to variable neurodevelopmental outcomes making genetic counseling difficult in the absence of a known etiology that might inform the prognosis. Here, we used whole exome sequencing, and a targeted capture panel of syndromic CCA known causal and candidate genes to screen a cohort of 64 fetuses with CCA observed upon autopsy, and 34 children with CCA and intellectual disability. In one fetus and two patients, we identified three novel de novo mutations in ZBTB20, which was previously shown to be causal in Primrose syndrome. In addition to CCA, all cases presented with additional features of Primrose syndrome including facial dysmorphism and macrocephaly or megalencephaly. All three variations occurred within two out of the five zinc finger domains of the transcriptional repressor ZBTB20. Through homology modeling, these variants are predicted to result in local destabilization of each zinc finger domain suggesting subsequent abnormal repression of ZBTB20 target genes. Neurohistopathological analysis of the fetal case showed abnormal regionalization of the hippocampal formation as well as a reduced density of cortical upper layers where originate most callosal projections. Here, we report novel de novo ZBTB20 mutations in three independent cases with characteristic features of Primrose syndrome including constant CCA. Neurohistopathological findings in fetal case corroborate the observed key role of ZBTB20 during hippocampal and neocortical development. Finally, this study highlights the crucial role of ZBTB20 in CC development in human.
Published: 2018
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39. Microdeletion on chromosome 8p23.1 in a familial form of severe Buruli ulcer

Author: Quentin B, Vincent, Aziz, Belkadi, Cindy, Fayard, Estelle, Marion, Ambroise, Adeye, Marie-Françoise, Ardant, Christian R, Johnson, Didier, Agossadou, Lazaro, Lorenzo, Julien, Guergnon, Christine, Bole-Feysot, Jeremy, Manry, Patrick, Nitschké, Ioannis, Theodorou, Jean-Laurent, Casanova, Laurent, Marsollier, Annick, Chauty, Laurent, Abel, Alexandre, Alcaïs, Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases (Necker Branch - INSERM U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Département de Radiologie [AP-HP Hôpital Bicêtre], AP-HP Hôpital Bicêtre (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre), Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers (CRCNA), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers (CHU Angers), PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM)-PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM)-Hôtel-Dieu de Nantes-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Hôpital Laennec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Faculté de Médecine d'Angers-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de la Lèpre et de l’Ulcère de Buruli [Pobe, Benin] (CDTLUB), Fondation Raoul Follereau [Pobe, Benin], Fondation Raoul Follereau [Paris], Centre Interfacultaire de Formation et de Recherche en Environnement pour le Développement Durable [Cotonou, Benin], University of Abomey Calavi (UAC), Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer national control program [Cotonou, Benin], Beninese Ministry of Health [Benin], Immunité et Infection, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR113-Sorbonne Université (SU), Plateforme de génomique [SFR Necker], Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Bioinformatics Core Facility (INSERM U1163), Sorbonne Paris Cité-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (INSERM U1163), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service d'Immunologie [CHU Pitié-Salpétrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller University [New York], Howard Hughes Medical Institute [New York], Service d'immuno-hématologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), ATOMycA (CRCINA-ÉQUIPE 6), Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes-Angers (CRCINA), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Nantes - UFR de Médecine et des Techniques Médicales (UFR MEDECINE), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Angers (UA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Nantes - UFR de Médecine et des Techniques Médicales (UFR MEDECINE), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Angers (UA), We acknowledge support from the Fondation Raoul Follereau. QBV acknowledges support from the ‘Fondation Bettencourt Schueller’ through the MD/PhD program of the Imagine Institute. LM and AAl acknowledge support from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, grant no. ANR-17-BSV3-0013-01). JM, LA and AAlacknowledge support from the Laboratoired’Excellence Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases (grant no. ANR-10-LABX-62-IBEID) and the ANR under the 'Investments for the Future' program (grant no. ANR-10-IAHU-01). AAl acknowledges support from the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (grant no. DMI20091117308). JLC acknowledges support from St. Giles Foundation and The Rockefeller University. AAl, AB, LL and LM acknowledge support from INSERM and Paris Descartes University., Membership of the Franco-Beninese Buruli Research Group, ANR-10-LABX-0062,IBEID,Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases(2010), ANR-10-IAHU-0001,Imagine,Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Imagine(2010), Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases ( Necker Branch - INSERM U1163 ), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris ( AP-HP ), Imagine Institute [Paris], Sorbonne Paris Cité-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ), Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie / Nantes - Angers ( CRCNA ), CHU Angers-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes ( CHU Nantes ) -Hôtel-Dieu de Nantes-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Hôpital Laennec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Faculté de Médecine d'Angers, Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de la Lèpre et de l’Ulcère de Buruli [Pobe, Benin] ( CDTLUB ), Université d’Abomey-Calavi [Cotonou, Benin], Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -IFR113-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Genomic Core Facility ( INSERM U1163 ), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Sorbonne Paris Cité-Imagine Institute [Paris], Bioinformatics Core Facility ( INSERM U1163 ), Sorbonne Paris Cité-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Imagine Institute [Paris], Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases ( INSERM U1163 ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Service d'immunologie [CHU Pitié-Salpétrière], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [APHP], St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases [New York, USA] ( Rockefeller Branch ), rockefeller university, The Rockefeller University, Unité d’immunologie, d’hématologie et de rhumatologie pédiatriques [Hôpital Necker], CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], ATIP AVENIR / ATOMycA ( CRCINA - Département INCIT - Equipe 6 ), Centre de recherche de Cancérologie et d'Immunologie / Nantes - Angers ( CRCINA ), Université d'Angers ( UA ) -Université de Nantes ( UN ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut de Recherche en Santé de l'Université de Nantes ( IRS-UN ) -Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes ( CHU Nantes ) -Université d'Angers ( UA ) -Université de Nantes ( UN ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut de Recherche en Santé de l'Université de Nantes ( IRS-UN ) -Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes ( CHU Nantes ), ANR-10-LABX-62-IBEID,IBEID,Laboratoire d'Excellence 'Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases' ( 2010 ), ANR-10-IAHU-0001/10-IAHU-0001,Imagine,Imagine ( 2010 ), Bernardo, Elizabeth, Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases - - IBEID2010 - ANR-10-LABX-0062 - LABX - VALID, Instituts Hospitalo-Universitaires - Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Imagine - - Imagine2010 - ANR-10-IAHU-0001 - IAHU - VALID, Université d’Abomey-Calavi = University of Abomey Calavi (UAC), IFR113-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes)-Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes)
Subjects: Male, Bacterial Diseases, Genetic Linkage, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Biochemistry, [ SDV.CAN ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Geographical Locations, Consanguinity, Database and Informatics Methods, Medicine and Health Sciences, Benin, Edema, Buruli Ulcer, Sequence Deletion, Pedigree, Actinobacteria, Nucleic acids, Phenotype, Infectious Diseases, Child, Preschool, Female, Sequence Analysis, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8, Research Article, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Adolescent, Genotype, Bioinformatics, [SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Research and Analysis Methods, Signs and Symptoms, [SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Diagnostic Medicine, Exome Sequencing, Genetics, Humans, Non-coding RNA, Mycobacterium ulcerans, Bacteria, Organisms, Biology and Life Sciences, Human Genetics, Tropical Diseases, People and Places, Africa, Lesions, Long non-coding RNAs, RNA, Sequence Alignment, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Buruli ulcer (BU), the third most frequent mycobacteriosis worldwide, is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. We report the clinical description and extensive genetic analysis of a consanguineous family from Benin comprising two cases of unusually severe non-ulcerative BU. The index case was the most severe of over 2,000 BU cases treated at the Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de la Lèpre et de l’Ulcère de Buruli, Pobe, Benin, since its opening in 2003. The infection spread to all limbs with PCR-confirmed skin, bone and joint infections. Genome-wide linkage analysis of seven family members was performed and whole-exome sequencing of both patients was obtained. A 37 kilobases homozygous deletion confirmed by targeted resequencing and located within a linkage region on chromosome 8 was identified in both patients but was absent from unaffected siblings. We further assessed the presence of this deletion on genotyping data from 803 independent local individuals (402 BU cases and 401 BU-free controls). Two BU cases were predicted to be homozygous carriers while none was identified in the control group. The deleted region is located close to a cluster of beta-defensin coding genes and contains a long non-coding (linc) RNA gene previously shown to display highest expression values in the skin. This first report of a microdeletion co-segregating with severe BU in a large family supports the view of a key role of human genetics in the natural history of the disease., Author summary Buruli ulcer (BU) is a tropical infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. Although being the third most common mycobacterial disease in the world after tuberculosis and leprosy, BU remains a neglected tropical disease and an emerging health emergency in several developing countries. It causes profound skin ulcerations and eventually bone infections. Life-long functional sequelae are observed in more than 20% of patients, most of whom are children. Several observations, in particular the large variability in the clinical severity of the disease after infection, suggested the role of human genetic factors in the development of BU. We report the case of a 5-year old girl from Benin, born of consanguineous parents, who suffered from extensive dissemination of the mycobacterium in the skin, bones and joints. One of her siblings was also affected. The deep genetic exploration of this family led to the identification of a small deletion on chromosome 8 in both patients but absent from unaffected siblings. Interestingly, the deletion is located within a region containing genes encoding for beta-defensins, a family of antimicrobial peptides involved in both innate immunity and healing process of skin wounds. This first report of a microdeletion associated with severe BU in a large family supports the view of a key role of human genetics in the natural history of the disease.
Published: 2018
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40. Functional characterization of tektin-1 in motile cilia and evidence for TEKT1 as a new candidate gene for motile ciliopathies

Author: Alexandre Benmerah, Estelle Escudier, Christine Bole-Feysot, Véronique Baudouin, Thérèse Reboul, Patrick Nitschké, Marie Legendre, Marion Delous, Sophie Saunier, Meriem Garfa-Traore, Rebecca Ryan, Madeline Louise Reilly, Marion Failler, Serge Amselem, Emilie Filhol, Laboratoire des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Plateforme d'Imagerie Cellulaire [SFR Necker], Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Plate Forme Paris Descartes de Bioinformatique (BIP-D), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Bioinformatics Core Facility (INSERM U1163), Sorbonne Paris Cité-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de Néphrologie, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Robert Debré, Physiopathologie des maladies génétiques d'expression pédiatrique (UMRS_933), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Service de génétique et embryologie médicales [CHU Trousseau], CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Benmerah, Alexandre, Maladies génétiques d'expression pédiatrique [CHU Trousseau] (Inserm U933), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], and UF de Génétique moléculaire [CHU Trousseau]
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Axoneme, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], [SDV.GEN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, Ciliopathies, [SDV.MHEP.UN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Urology and Nephrology, 0302 clinical medicine, Ectodermal Dysplasia, Exome, Child, [SDV.BDD]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology, Zebrafish, Genetics (clinical), Primary ciliary dyskinesia, Cilium, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, General Medicine, Cell biology, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Phenotype, Microtubule Proteins, Motile cilium, Female, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Ciliary Motility Disorders, Cerebellar Ataxia, Ciliary dyskinesia, [SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, Biology, Bone and Bones, Craniosynostoses, 03 medical and health sciences, Exome Sequencing, [SDV.BDD] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology, Genetics, medicine, Animals, Humans, Cilia, [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, Tektin, Proteins, medicine.disease, [SDV.MHEP.UN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Urology and Nephrology, Cytoskeletal Proteins, 030104 developmental biology, Mutation, Cranioectodermal Dysplasia, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: International audience; A child presenting with Mainzer-Saldino syndrome (MZSDS), characterized by renal, retinal and skeletal involvements, was also diagnosed with lung infections and airway ciliary dyskinesia. These manifestations suggested dysfunction of both primary and motile cilia, respectively. Targeted exome sequencing identified biallelic mutations in WDR19, encoding an IFT-A subunit previously associated with MZSDS-related chondrodysplasia, Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia and cranioectodermal dysplasia, linked to primary cilia dysfunction, and in TEKT1 which encodes tektin-1 an uncharacterized member of the tektin family, mutations of which may cause ciliary dyskinesia. Tektin-1 localizes at the centrosome in cycling cells, at basal bodies of both primary and motile cilia and to the axoneme of motile cilia in airway cells. The identified mutations impaired these localizations. In addition, airway cells from the affected individual showed severe motility defects without major ultrastructural changes. Knockdown of tekt1 in zebrafish resulted in phenotypes consistent with a function for tektin-1 in ciliary motility, which was confirmed by live imaging. Finally, experiments in the zebrafish also revealed a synergistic effect of tekt1 and wdr19. Altogether, our data show genetic interactions between WDR19 and TEKT1 likely contributing to the overall clinical phenotype observed in the affected individual and provide strong evidence for TEKT1 as a new candidate gene for primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Published: 2018
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41. Recessive loss of function PIGN alleles, including an intragenic deletion with founder effect in La Réunion Island, in patients with Fryns syndrome

Author: Asma Chebil, Duksha Ramful, Thibaud Jouan, Hanitra Randrianaivo, Norbert F. Ajeawung, Nicolas Gruchy, Yannis Duffourd, Bérénice Doray, Christopher T. Gordon, Francesca Filippini, Christine Bole-Feysot, Philippe M. Campeau, Asma Omarjee, Julien Thevenon, Paul Kuentz, Jean-Luc Alessandri, Patrick Nitschke, Laurence Faivre, Jeanne Amiel, Coralie Dumont, Thi Tuyet Mai Nguyen, Marion Gérard, Myriam Oufadem, Guillaume Benoist, Olivier Alibeu, Marie-Line Jacquemont, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion (CHU La Réunion), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Sud Saint Pierre [Ile de la Réunion], Service de Génétique [CHU Caen], Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Caen, Normandie Université (NU)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN), Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, CHU Sainte Justine [Montréal], Centre Hospitalier de Mayotte, Equipe GAD (LNC - U1231), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer [Dijon - U1231] (LNC), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, FHU TRANSLAD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale (LGM), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine [Montreal], Université de Montréal (UdeM)-CHU Sainte Justine [Montréal], Service de réanimation néonatologique et pédiatrique [La Réunion], Groupe Hospitalier Sud-CHR La réunion, Embryology and genetics of human malformation (Equipe Inserm U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Génétique et épigénétique des maladies métaboliques, neurosensorielles et du développement (Inserm U781), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Caen, Normandie Université (NU)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN)-Normandie Université (NU)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU), Biologie, génétique et thérapies ostéoarticulaires et respiratoires (BIOTARGEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Pôle Gynécologie Obstétrique [CHM, Mayotte], Centre de génétique - Centre de référence des maladies rares, anomalies du développement et syndromes malformatifs (CHU de Dijon), Hôpital d'Enfants [CHU Dijon], Hôpital du Bocage, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Pôle Femme-Mère-Enfant [CHU La Réunion, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion], Plateforme de génomique [SFR Necker], Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Plate Forme Paris Descartes de Bioinformatique (BIP-D), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Biologie moléculaire et cellulaire de la différenciation, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut Albert Bonniot-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion ( CHU La Réunion ), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques ( IMAGINE - U1163 ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ), Service de Génétique Clinique [Caen], Université de Caen Normandie ( UNICAEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Normandie Université ( NU ) -CHU Caen, Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer [Dijon - U1231] ( LNC ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand ( CHU Dijon ), Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale ( LGM ), Université de Strasbourg ( UNISTRA ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Service de Réanimation Néonatale et Pédiatrique, CHD Félix Guyon, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Macromoléculaire (LCPM), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Equipe NuTox (LNC - U1231) (NUTOX), Service de Médecine Néonatale [CHRU Nancy], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP), Université de Maurice, Service de médecine foetale et foetopathologie, Service de Génétique, Hôpital de Hautepierre [Strasbourg], Department of Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center - Academisch Medisch Centrum [Amsterdam] (AMC), and University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA)-University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA)-Heart Failure Research Center (HFRC)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, MESH: Limb Deformities, Congenital, Limb Deformities, Congenital, MESH: Phosphotransferases, [SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, 030105 genetics & heredity, Biology, MESH: Founder Effect, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Pulmonary hypoplasia, 0302 clinical medicine, Fryns syndrome, Loss of Function Mutation, Genetics, medicine, Missense mutation, Humans, Allele, [ SDV.GEN.GH ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Genetics (clinical), Loss function, Hernia, Diaphragmatic, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, MESH: Humans, Phosphotransferases, MESH: Infant, Newborn, Infant, Newborn, Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Facies, Infant, MESH: Loss of Function Mutation, medicine.disease, MESH: Infant, Hypoplasia, Founder Effect, MESH: Male, MESH: Hernia, Diaphragmatic, MESH: Facies, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, MESH: Gene Deletion, Female, MESH: Female, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Gene Deletion, Founder effect
Abstract: International audience; Fryns syndrome (FS) is a multiple malformations syndrome with major features of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, pulmonary hypoplasia, craniofacial dysmorphic features, distal digit hypoplasia, and a range of other lower frequency malformations. FS is typically lethal in the fetal or neonatal period. Inheritance is presumed autosomal recessive. Although no major genetic cause has been identified for FS, biallelic truncating variants in PIGN, encoding a component of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor biosynthesis pathway, have been identified in a limited number of cases with a phenotype compatible with FS. Biallelic variants in PIGN, typically missense or compound missense with truncating, also cause multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 1 (MCAHS1). Here we report six further patients with FS with or without congenital diaphragmatic hernia and recessive loss of function PIGN alleles, including an intragenic deletion with a likely founder effect in La Réunion and other Indian Ocean islands. Our results support the hypothesis that a spectrum of phenotypic severity is associated with recessive PIGN variants, ranging from FS at the extreme end, caused by complete loss of function, to MCAHS1, in which some residual PIGN function may remain. Our data add FS resulting from PIGN variants to the catalog of inherited GPI deficiencies caused by the disruption of the GPI-anchor biosynthesis pathway.
Published: 2018
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42. MMP21 is mutated in human heterotaxy and is required for normal left-right asymmetry in vertebrates

Author: Cecilia W. Lo, Cécile Masson, Molly Schwartz, Rajae El Malti, Loïc de Pontual, G Jimenez, George C. Gabriel, Nikolai Klena, Hui Liu, Hisato Yagi, Candice N. Baker, Sylvie Di Filippo, Christopher T. Gordon, Damien Bonnet, Michael Tsang, Patric Schoen, Myriam Oufadem, Isabelle Thiffault, Laurie D. Smith, Linda D. Cooley, Anne Moreau de Bellaing, Patrick Nitschké, Patrice Bouvagnet, Emily G. Farrow, Anne Guimier, Aaron Noll, Fanny Bajolle, Carol J Saunders, Stephen F. Kingsmore, Kevin A. Peterson, Neil A. Miller, Jean-François Deleuze, Stanislas Lyonnet, Stephen A. Murray, Jeanne Amiel, and Christine Bole-Feysot
Subjects: Heart Defects, Congenital, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Embryo, Nonmammalian, Genes, Recessive, In situ hybridization, Heterotaxy Syndrome, Article, Mice, Matrix Metalloproteinases, Secreted, Genetics, medicine, Animals, Humans, Point Mutation, Zebrafish, In Situ Hybridization, Body Patterning, Family Health, biology, MMP21, Point mutation, Embryogenesis, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Heart, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Zebrafish Proteins, biology.organism_classification, Pedigree, Laterality, Vertebrates, Medical genetics, Female, Heterotaxy
Abstract: Heterotaxy results from a failure to establish normal left-right asymmetry early in embryonic development. By whole-exome sequencing, whole-genome sequencing and high-throughput cohort resequencing, we identified recessive mutations in MMP21 (encoding matrix metallopeptidase 21) in nine index cases with heterotaxy. In addition, Mmp21-mutant mice and mmp21-morphant zebrafish displayed heterotaxy and abnormal cardiac looping, respectively, suggesting a new role for extracellular matrix remodeling in the establishment of laterality in vertebrates.
Published: 2015

43. RPL10mutation segregating in a family with X-linked syndromic Intellectual Disability

Author: Laurence Faivre, Caroline Michot, Christine Bole, Patrick Nitschké, Mathilde Nizon, Vincent des Portes, Julien Thevenon, Jean-Paul Bonnefont, Stanislas Lyonnet, Arnold Munnich, and Jeanne Amiel
Subjects: Male, Ribosomal Proteins, Microcephaly, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Ribosomal Protein L10, Population, Neurodevelopmental disorder, Intellectual Disability, Intellectual disability, Genetics, Humans, Medicine, Missense mutation, education, Genetics (clinical), Exome sequencing, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Genetic heterogeneity, Genetic Diseases, X-Linked, medicine.disease, Pedigree, Autism, Female, business
Abstract: Intellectual disability is a neurodevelopmental disorder of impaired adaptive skills and low intelligence quotient. The overall prevalence is estimated at 2–3% in the general population with extreme clinical and genetic heterogeneity, and it has been associated with possibly causative mutations in more than 700 identified genes. In a recent review, among over 100 X-linked intellectual disability causative genes, eight were reported as “awaiting replication.” Exome sequencing in a large family identified a missense mutation in RPL10 highly suggestive of X-linked intellectual disability. Herein, we report on the clinical description of four affected males. All patients presented apparent intellectual disability (4/4), psychomotor delay (4/4) with syndromic features including amniotic fluid excess (3/4), microcephaly (2/4), urogenital anomalies (3/4), cerebellar syndrome (2/4), and facial dysmorphism. In the literature, two mutations were reported in three families with affected males presenting with autism. This report confirms the implication of RPL10 mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders and extends the associated clinical spectrum from autism to syndromic intellectual disability. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Published: 2015
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44. A Recurrent De Novo Nonsense Variant in ZSWIM6 Results in Severe Intellectual Disability without Frontonasal or Limb Malformations

Author: Susan Brammah, Honey Nagakura, Christopher T. Gordon, Laurence Hubert, Andrea M. Lewis, Renee Carroll, Richard H. Scott, Alexandrine Garrigue, Melanie Leffler, Jozef Gecz, Michael Field, Lucinda Murray, Sarah Risen, Seema R. Lalani, Marie Shaw, Geneviève de Saint Basile, Augusto Rendon, Raman Kumar, Tracy Dudding-Byth, LaDonna Immken, Patrick Nitschké, Arnold Munnich, Jeanne Amiel, Mark J. Cowley, Judy Spies, Bronwyn Kerr, Myriam Oufadem, Nina Powell-Hamilton, Claude Besmond, John D. Pollard, Emma Kivuva, Christine Bole-Feysot, William G. Newman, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Elizabeth E. Palmer, Jessica Tusi, Allison Tam, Richard Webster, Francesca Filippini, Marlène Rio, André E. Minoche, and Fan Xia
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Central Nervous System, media_common.quotation_subject, Nonsense, Limb Deformities, Congenital, Neurocognitive Disorders, Bioinformatics, 03 medical and health sciences, Exon, Report, Intellectual Disability, Intellectual disability, Peripheral Nervous System, Genetics, medicine, Journal Article, Missense mutation, Humans, Craniofacial, Gene, Genetics (clinical), media_common, business.industry, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, medicine.disease, Phenotype, DNA-Binding Proteins, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Codon, Nonsense, Peripheral nervous system, business, Mandibulofacial Dysostosis
Abstract: A recurrent de novo missense variant within the C-terminal Sin3-like domain of ZSWIM6 was previously reported to cause acromelic frontonasal dysostosis (AFND), an autosomal-dominant severe frontonasal and limb malformation syndrome, associated with neurocognitive and motor delay, via a proposed gain-of-function effect. We present detailed phenotypic information on seven unrelated individuals with a recurrent de novo nonsense variant (c.2737C>T [p.Arg913Ter]) in the penultimate exon of ZSWIM6 who have severe-profound intellectual disability and additional central and peripheral nervous system symptoms but an absence of frontonasal or limb malformations. We show that the c.2737C>T variant does not trigger nonsense-mediated decay of the ZSWIM6 mRNA in affected individual-derived cells. This finding supports the existence of a truncated ZSWIM6 protein lacking the Sin3-like domain, which could have a dominant-negative effect. This study builds support for a key role for ZSWIM6 in neuronal development and function, in addition to its putative roles in limb and craniofacial development, and provides a striking example of different variants in the same gene leading to distinct phenotypes.
Published: 2017
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45. Mutations in GREB1L Cause Bilateral Kidney Agenesis in Humans and Mice

Author: Bertrand Isidor, Christelle Arrondel, Camille Humbert, Flora Silbermann, Marie-Hélène Said-Menthon, Cécile Jeanpierre, Christelle Cabrol, Audrey Desgrange, Frédéric Tores, Laurence Heidet, Lara De Tomasi, Ishwar C. Verma, Marie-Pierre Cordier, Ratna Dua Puri, Laurent Gavard, Jelena Martinovic, Christine Pietrement, Juliette Piard, Olivier Niel, Marie Gonzales, Patrick Nitschke, Robert Novo, Stéphane Fouquet, Joelle Roume, Philippe Khau Van Kien, Jacqueline Aziza, Pierre David, Sophie Saunier, Marie-Hélène Saint-Frison, Hubert Journel, Christine Bole-Feysot, The molecular basis of kidney diseases: cystinosis and hereditary nephrotic syndrome (Equipe Inserm U1163), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut de la Vision, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Coordination des Cellules et Morphogenèse / Heart Morphogenesis (Imagine - Institut Pasteur U1163), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Hôpital Robert Debré Paris, Hôpital Robert Debré, CHI Poissy-Saint-Germain, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau [Nîmes] (CHU Nîmes), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes (CHU Nîmes), Laboratoire Histologie Embryologie Cytogénétique [CHU Necker], CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), AP-HP - Hôpital Antoine Béclère [Clamart], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), CHU Lille, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon), and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital [New Delhi, India]
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, nephrogenesis, 030105 genetics & heredity, Kidney, Mice, Missense mutation, Exome, Child, Urinary Tract, Genetics (clinical), Exome sequencing, kidney development, Mice, Knockout, kidney agenesis, heart defect, tubulogenesis, Hypoplasia, Neoplasm Proteins, medicine.anatomical_structure, Phenotype, Agenesis, Female, Kidney Diseases, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Urinary system, mouse model, Biology, Congenital Abnormalities, 03 medical and health sciences, Fetus, Internal medicine, Report, Genetics, medicine, Animals, Humans, Renal agenesis, CAKUT, Membrane Proteins, Proteins, genital tract, [SDV.BDD.MOR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology/Morphogenesis, medicine.disease, 3DISCO, GREB1L, Mice, Inbred C57BL, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Urogenital Abnormalities, Mutation, Kidney disease
Abstract: International audience; Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) constitute a major cause of chronic kidney disease in children and 20% of prenatally detected anomalies. CAKUT encompass a spectrum of developmental kidney defects, including renal agenesis, hypoplasia, and cystic and non-cystic dysplasia. More than 50 genes have been reported as mutated in CAKUT-affected case subjects. However, the pathophysiological mechanisms leading to bilateral kidney agenesis (BKA) remain largely elusive. Whole-exome or targeted exome sequencing of 183 unrelated familial and/or severe CAKUT-affected case subjects, including 54 fetuses with BKA, led to the identification of 16 heterozygous variants in GREB1L (growth regulation by estrogen in breast cancer 1-like), a gene reported as a target of retinoic acid signaling. Four loss-of-function and 12 damaging missense variants, 14 being absent from GnomAD, were identified. Twelve of them were present in familial or simplex BKA-affected case subjects. Female BKA-affected fetuses also displayed uterus agenesis. We demonstrated a significant association between GREB1L variants and BKA. By in situ hybridization, we showed expression of Greb1l in the nephrogenic zone in developing mouse kidney. We generated a Greb1l knock-out mouse model by CRISPR-Cas9. Analysis at E13.5 revealed lack of kidneys and genital tract anomalies in male and female Greb1l-/- embryos and a slight decrease in ureteric bud branching in Greb1l+/- embryos. We showed that Greb1l invalidation in mIMCD3 cells affected tubulomorphogenesis in 3D-collagen culture, a phenotype rescued by expression of the wild-type human protein. This demonstrates that GREB1L plays a major role in early metanephros and genital development in mice and humans.
Published: 2017
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46. A RAB27A duplication in several cases of Griscelli syndrome type 2: An explanation for cases lacking a genetic diagnosis

Author: Fahd Almanjomi, Eman Al Idrissi, Capucine Picard, Nathalie Lambert, Patrick Nitschke, Gaël Ménasché, Mofareh Al Zahrani, Hamza Ali Alghamdi, Virginie Grandin, Fernando E. Sepulveda, Geneviève de Saint Basile, Murad K. Habazi, Hamoud Al-Mousa, Abdulaziz Al-Ghonaium, Christine Bole-Feysot, Centre d’Etudes des Déficits Immunitaires (CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP]), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Allergy and Immunology Section [Riyadh, Saudi Arabia] (Children Specialized Hospital), King Fahad Medical City [Riyadh, Saudi Arabia], Département d'Immunologie, hématologie et rhumatologie pédiatriques [Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades - APHP], Plateforme de Génomique [Paris] (Fondation Imagine), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Plateforme de bioinformatique (UNIV Paris Descartes), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Contract grant sponsors: French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), the Agence National de la Recherche (ANR) (HLH-Cytotox/ANR-12-BSV1-0020-01), the Fondation Imagine-Institut des Maladies Génétiques., Ménasché, Gaël, and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP)
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Genetic Linkage, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Skin Pigmentation, rab27 GTP-Binding Proteins, Consanguinity, Gene duplication, Pigment accumulation, Griscelli syndrome, Genetics (clinical), Sequence Deletion, Genetics, Hypopigmentation, [SDV.MHEP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, Homozygote, Piebaldism, Exons, 3. Good health, Pedigree, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], founder effect, Codon, Nonsense, [SDV.BBM.GTP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Genomics [q-bio.GN], Female, Tandem exon duplication, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases, Saudi Arabia, Biology, Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic, 03 medical and health sciences, [SDV.BBM.GTP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Genomics [q-bio.GN], medicine, [SDV.BBM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Humans, [SDV.BBM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Indel, Point mutation, RAB27A, Breakpoint, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes, gene duplication, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Griscelli syndrome type 2, Mutation, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, Hair, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
Abstract: International audience; Griscelli syndrome type 2 (GS2) is a rare and often fatal autosomal recessive, hyperinflammatory disorder. It is associated with hypopigmentation of the skin and the hair, resulting in the characteristic pigment accumulation and clumping in the hair shaft. Loss-of-function mutations in RAB27A, resulting from point mutations, short indel, or large deletions, account for all the cases reported to date. However, several GS2 cases originating from Saudi Arabia lack a genetic diagnosis. Here, we report on a new RAB27A genetic anomaly observed in seven Saudi Arabia families that had remained negative after extensive molecular genomic DNA testing. Linkage analysis and targeted sequencing of the RAB27A genomic region in several of these patients led to the identification of a common homozygous tandem duplication of 38 kb affecting exon 2-5 and resulting in a premature stop codon. The pathogenic effect of this duplication was confirmed by a cDNA analysis and functional assays. The identification of microhomology flanking the breakpoint site suggests a possible underlying mechanism.
Published: 2017
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47. Impaired Transferrin Receptor Palmitoylation and Recycling in Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation

Author: Olivier Hermine, Meriem Garfa-Traore, Christine Bole-Feysot, Arnold Munnich, Agnès Rötig, Floriane Petit, Anthony Drecourt, Metodi D. Metodiev, Nicolas Goudin, Isabelle Desguerre, Chris Ottolenghi, Joel Babdor, Michael Dussiot, Florence Habarou, Nathalie Boddaert, Valérie Serre, and Patrick Nitschke
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, Iron, Lipoylation, Transferrin receptor, Mitochondrion, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Palmitoylation, Basal ganglia, Receptors, Transferrin, Genetics, medicine, Homeostasis, Humans, Amino Acid Sequence, Fibroblast, Genetics (clinical), Dystonia, Chemistry, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Transferrin, Brain, Fibroblasts, medicine.disease, Endocytosis, Cell biology, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, HEK293 Cells, Cell culture, Mutation, Nerve Degeneration, Carrier Proteins, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, HeLa Cells
Abstract: Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) is a genetically heterogeneous condition characterized by progressive dystonia with iron accumulation in the basal ganglia. How NBIA-associated mutations trigger iron overload remains poorly understood. After studying fibroblast cell lines from subjects carrying both known and unreported biallelic mutations in CRAT and REPS1, we ascribe iron overload to the abnormal recycling of transferrin receptor (TfR1) and the reduction of TfR1 palmitoylation in NBIA. Moreover, we describe palmitoylation as a hitherto unreported level of post-translational TfR1 regulation. A widely used antimalarial agent, artesunate, rescued abnormal TfR1 palmitoylation in cultured fibroblasts of NBIA subjects. These observations suggest therapeutic strategies aimed at targeting impaired TfR1 recycling and palmitoylation in NBIA.
Published: 2017

48. Absence of driver mutations in persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis with binucleated lymphocytes

Author: Alexandra Traverse-Glehen, Jean-Pierre Magaud, Lucile Baseggio, Sarah Huet, Christine Bole-Feysot, Evelyne Callet-Bauchu, Jean-Christophe Lega, Pierre Sujobert, Gilles Salles, Pascale Felman, Bruno Tesson, Laurent Jallades, and Béatrice Grange
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Binucleated lymphocytes, Myeloid, Lymphocytosis, Immunology, HLA-DR7 Antigen, Cell Separation, Biology, Biochemistry, 03 medical and health sciences, Exome Sequencing, medicine, Humans, Exome sequencing, Dominance (genetics), Cell Nucleus, B-Lymphocytes, Smoking, Cell Biology, Hematology, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Lymphoma, Clone Cells, Haematopoiesis, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Immunoglobulin M, Mutation, Disease Progression, Female, Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse, medicine.symptom, Stem cell, Precancerous Conditions
Abstract: To the editor: Most hematologic malignancies are preceded by a premalignant condition. In myeloid neoplasms, genetically defined premalignant conditions such as clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential[1][1] reflect the clonal dominance of hematopoietic stem cells harboring oncogenic
Published: 2017

49. AMPA-receptor specific biogenesis complexes control synaptic transmission and intellectual ability

Author: Gerd Zolles, Laurence Colleaux, Nouriya Al-Sannaa, Christine Bole-Feysot, Uwe Schulte, Rami Abou Jamra, Sami Boudkkazi, Jochen Schwenk, Abdelkrim Saadi, Irene Schaber, Patrick Nitschké, Karine Siquier-Pernet, Heinrich Sticht, Wolfgang Bildl, Akos Kulik, Aline Brechet, Bernd Fakler, Rebecca Buchert, Arndt Rolfs, André Reis, Unité de Neurobiologie des canaux Ioniques et de la Synapse (UNIS - Inserm U1072), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institute of Human Genetics [Erlangen, Allemagne], Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Bioinformatik, Institut für Biochemie, Albrecht-Kossel-Institut fur Neuroregeneration, Universität Rostock, Marseille medical genetics - Centre de génétique médicale de Marseille (MMG), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institute of Human Genetics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Molecular Biology of Cochlear Neurotransmission Junior Research Group, Dept of Otolaryngology, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and Institute of Human Genetics [Erlangen]
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Proteomics, Science, General Physics and Astronomy, Nerve Tissue Proteins, AMPA receptor, Neurotransmission, Biology, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Synaptic Transmission, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Article, Chromatography, Affinity, Mass Spectrometry, 03 medical and health sciences, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Intellectual Disability, Animals, Humans, Receptors, AMPA, Microscopy, Immunoelectron, Gene, Alleles, Multidisciplinary, Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase, Endoplasmic reticulum, musculoskeletal, neural, and ocular physiology, Cell Membrane, Glutamate receptor, Brain, Membrane Proteins, General Chemistry, Cell biology, Pedigree, Rats, 030104 developmental biology, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, nervous system, Proteome, Mutation, Excitatory postsynaptic potential, Female, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Biogenesis
Abstract: AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs), key elements in excitatory neurotransmission in the brain, are macromolecular complexes whose properties and cellular functions are determined by the co-assembled constituents of their proteome. Here we identify AMPAR complexes that transiently form in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and lack the core-subunits typical for AMPARs in the plasma membrane. Central components of these ER AMPARs are the proteome constituents FRRS1l (C9orf4) and CPT1c that specifically and cooperatively bind to the pore-forming GluA1-4 proteins of AMPARs. Bi-allelic mutations in the human FRRS1L gene are shown to cause severe intellectual disability with cognitive impairment, speech delay and epileptic activity. Virus-directed deletion or overexpression of FRRS1l strongly impact synaptic transmission in adult rat brain by decreasing or increasing the number of AMPARs in synapses and extra-synaptic sites. Our results provide insight into the early biogenesis of AMPARs and demonstrate its pronounced impact on synaptic transmission and brain function., The biogenesis of AMPA-type glutamate receptor (AMPAR) complexes is only partially understood. Here the authors identify transient assemblies of GluA1-4 proteins and proteins FRRS1l/CPT1c that drive formation of mature AMPAR complexes in the ER. Mutations in FRRS1l are associated with intellectual disability and epilepsy in three families.
Published: 2017
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50. MED13L loss-of-function variants in two patients with syndromic Pierre Robin sequence

Author: Nathalie Boddaert, Marc Bras, Maya Chopra, Stanislas Lyonnet, Patrick Nitschké, Jeanne Amiel, Christine Bole-Feysot, Christopher T. Gordon, Véronique Abadie, Myriam Oufadem, and Olivier Alibeu
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, DNA Mutational Analysis, 030105 genetics & heredity, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, Mediator, Loss of Function Mutation, Intellectual disability, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Copy-number variation, Child, Genetics (clinical), Loss function, Exome sequencing, Genetic Association Studies, Splice site mutation, Mediator Complex, Pierre Robin Syndrome, Point mutation, Brain, Infant, Sequence Analysis, DNA, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Phenotype, Child, Preschool, Female, Differential diagnosis
Abstract: We report two unrelated patients with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) and a strikingly similar combination of associated features. Whole exome sequencing was performed for both patients. No single gene containing likely pathogenic point mutations in both patients could be identified, but the finding of an essential splice site mutation in mediator complex subunit 13 like (MED13L) in one patient prompted the investigation of copy number variants in MED13L in the other, leading to the identification of an intragenic deletion. Disruption of MED13L, encoding a component of the Mediator complex, is increasingly recognized as the cause of an intellectual disability syndrome with associated facial dysmorphism. Our findings suggest that MED13L-related disorders are a possible differential diagnosis for syndromic PRS.
Published: 2017

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